Rhode Island’s Department of Education has reduced slightly the percentage of students who took the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College…
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Brown University President Commits $100M To Tackling Issues Of Diversity
In Rhode Island, Brown University has announced that it will use one-hundred million dollars to diversify its campus, to try to make the school more…
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Letter Questions RIC President’s Leadership
A group of Rhode Island College faculty and staff has sent a strongly-worded letter to state officials, warning that college President Nancy Carriuolo…
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TGIF: 19 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
After a mid-November slowdown, politics near and far remains roiled by fallout from the Paris attacks. Thanks for stopping by for my weekly column….
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Wondering Why As The College Football Regular Season Winds Down
Another college football season is winding down, and I’m wondering why this new Division I playoff system has me feeling the old way might have been…
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Treasurer Magaziner Switches Up CollegeBound Fund Management
Two new firms will be taking over the management of the state’s $7 billion CollegeBound fund. The fund was created in 1998 to help Rhode Islanders save…
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Cianci Portrait To Be Unveiled at City Hall Thursday
Buddy Cianci’s mayoral portrait is scheduled to be unveiled Thursday evening at Providence City Hall with a reception to follow at the Roma restaurant…
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Why Such Huge Racial Disparities In Health?
That’s a loaded question, but one that Brown University President Christina Paxson tried to unpack at a lecture Monday night.
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Paul Grimaldi Leaving ProJo For State Department Of Revenue Job
Providence Journal business writer Paul Grimaldi is leaving the newspaper to become the public information officer for the state Department of Revenue,…
