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URI applications break a record. GPAs of incoming first-year students are...

Economic Activity 11/10/2025

After receiving a record number of applications, the University of Rhode Island exceeded its enrollment target for the incoming freshman class this fall. The academic...

SOUNDING THE ALARM: Daniel Egan, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Rhode Island, says local schools need to be “aggressive in managing the decline in the number of high school graduates in the coming years.” / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Enrollment ‘headwinds’ coming for local colleges

Education 09/17/2021

Colleges and universities in Rhode Island will need to find creative ways to draw in promising students in the face of a steep enrollment...

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