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Setting the Standard: Kim Stack, executive director of undergraduate student success and academic support at the University of Rhode Island, has spent 30 years supporting students, launching programs like the Level Up! Math pilot with a 94% success rate. 
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Kim Stack

PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026 KIM STACK University of Rhode Island executive director of undergraduate student success and academic support When it comes to leadership,...

R.I. Student Loan Authority names federal education official as new director

WARWICK – Christine Rose Barlow, an attorney and federal official with more than 20 years of experience in education finance, has been named executive...

Five Questions With: Charles P. Kelley

Charles P. Kelley is set to retire as executive director of the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority effective January, capping more than three decades...
FINANCIAL MATTERS: Sen. Jack Reed speaks to parents and students about paying for higher education during a recent college financial aid workshop at the Community College of Rhode Island. 
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Those with student loan debt are finding forgiveness elusive

In October, Pawtucket kindergarten teacher Kelly Beckford received an early holiday gift from President Joe Biden, whose administration wiped away $46,000 of her student...
THE PAYOFF: Jennifer Magaw can relate to the confusion many people with student loans are feeling about the on-again, off-again plans for loan forgiveness. For a long time, she felt anxiety about more than $100,000 in debt she had after finishing law school.  
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Confusion reigns over status of student loans

Jennifer Magaw graduated from law school in 2012, but she continued comparing notes with her peers for several years afterward. Her notes weren’t about classes....

Fitch affirms ratings on RISLA student loan bonds

PROVIDENCE – Fitch Ratings recently affirmed its stable outlook and ratings on bonds from the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority, according to a report. The...
HELPING HAND: Anne McDermott, Salve Regina University financial aid director, says the university has taken steps to assist students financially during the COVID-19 pandemic, including forming the Mercy Emergency Relief Fund.  / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Debtors fret over end to student loan reprieve

Kimberly Silva was a mortgage underwriter for nearly 20 years when the market crashed in 2008. That spurred her to jump into a new...

Forbes ranks R.I. Student Loan Authority No. 2 best private student...

WARWICK – The Rhode Island Student Loan Authority earned national recognition as the second-best private student loan, according to Forbes magazine. Forbes’ 2020 Top List...

RISLA announces lower student loan rates for upcoming academic year

WARWICK – The Rhode Island Student Loan Authority said its recent issuing of $65 million in bonds achieved the lowest fixed interest rates in...

Five Questions With: Charles P. Kelley

Charles P. Kelley joined the Warwick-based Rhode Island Student Loan Authority, or RISLA, in 1991 as deputy director. He was appointed executive director in...
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