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RIC to offer retirement buyouts to longtime employees

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College has announced plans for a voluntary retirement buyout package for 101 faculty and staff members. A memo from the office...
UP IN THE AIR: People such as Victoria McNeil, director of financial aid at the University of Rhode Island, are paying close attention to the projected $2.7 billion shortfall for the federal Pell Grant program and what it means for future aid to undergraduate students. 
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

The future of Pell grants is unclear for students

The federal Pell Grant program, named after the late Rhode Island Sen. Claiborne Pell, has money problems. The Congressional Budget Office is projecting the program...
CHEMICAL REACTION: Beatrice Charles of Providence looks at some chemicals while studying in the Community College of Rhode Island’s chemical distillation and processing program at the Westerly Education Center. 
PBN PHOTO / MICHAEL SALERNO

CCRI’s process technology program gives Rhode Islanders a new career option

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 EXCELLENCE IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTIVITY: Community College of Rhode Island JUST BEFORE 2018, officials at the Community College of Rhode Island...
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