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RISD Grad MacFarlane Hosts the Oscars

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Education on Tap at the General Assembly

The House Labor Committee holds a hearing today on repealing what’s known as the Caruolo Act. The law, now infamous in Rhode Island education circles, allows school committees to sue their city or town...

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From the What Not to Do Department...

An admissions officer at Penn has encountered the power of the internet, as well as the perils of social media. Nadirah Farah Foley was fired for posting excerpts from college applications and mocking...

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Higher education is bracing for possible cuts in research funding.    A representative of the NRA says RI does not need any more regulation to control gun violence.  These stories and more on the RIPR...

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Class Notes: A Quick Look at the Week’s top Education Stories

Sequestration deadline arrives in D.C.

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Full Senate to Vote on Education Nominees

Rhode Island may finally have a confirmed Board of Education following a vote Tuesday at the State House. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the seven remaining appointees for the board, which will...

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Senate Approves New Education Board Members

The State Senate has given final approval to all 11 members of a new State Board of Education, which plans to hold its first meeting on Monday.According to RIPR Political Reporter Ian Donnis, the...

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

A Senate committee is scheduled to hear testimony on two competing bills regarding same-sex marriage.  Two lawmakers want to offer in-state tuition rates to all in-state residents, including those...

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Chafee Champions Raises for Cabinet, Not Professors

Governor Lincoln Chafee is requesting a 6 percent wage hike for members of his cabinet after shooting down a proposal to raise salaries for state university and college professors. According to The...

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PC Professor Blogs Son’s Encounter with Pope Francis

Providence College Professor Paul Gondreau says he was “moved to tears” as he watched his disabled son hugging the newly inaugurated Pope Francis. The encounter, following an Easter Mass, was recorded...

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Brown Announces Honorary Degree Recipients

Actor turned Director Ben Affleck will receive a Doctor of Fine Arts during Brown University’s commencement next month.  Affleck’s film Argo won best picture at the Academy Awards in February, but he...

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Executive Pay at Public Universities: How RI Measures Up

The Chronicle of Higher Education finds University of Rhode Island President David Dooley is 134th in the country when it comes to his compensation package.

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Arming Campus Police in Rhode Island

The state Board of Education is scheduled to vote this week on a proposal to arm campus police at the state’s three public colleges.   Under the proposed rule, campus presidents would have the...

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Thousands of College Students Graduate Over the Weekend

Rhode Island is teeming with freshly minted college graduates this morning. Over the weekend, commencement ceremonies were held at all three public colleges, as well as Johnson &Wales, Roger...

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Board of Ed Tackles Guns, Gist and Science

There’s a meaty agenda on tap this week at the State Board of Education. The group is scheduled to vote Thursday on a controversial proposal to allow police to carry guns on state college campuses. The...

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Higher Education Office Faces Budget Cuts

The budget scheduled for a vote today in the Rhode Island House of Representatives includes $6 million in additional funding for public colleges and universities, but it would also make a significant...

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Providence College Is Keeping Busy During the Summer Months

Though it’s summertime, Providence College has been keeping busy, the school is working to complete several large projects in time for the coming school year.One of those projects, the construction of...

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A Recent College Grad Strikes Out on Her Own

Recent college graduates face a still-sluggish job market and student loan burdens that are higher than ever, but none of that fazed new Roger Williams University graduate Abby Moreau. When she didn’t...

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Questions Surround Office of Higher Education

The State Board of Education met Thursday to discuss the future of the Office of Higher Education, which is slated to stop receiving state funding in July of 2014. Lawmakers dealt the department an...

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What Would Mancuso Move Mean for NECAP?

A vote Monday at the State Board of Education may create a leadership void at a key moment for opponents of a new test-based high school graduation requirement.Those opponents have lined up some 20...

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