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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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...
View ArticleThursday, 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...
View ArticleClass Notes: A Quick Look at the Week’s top Education Stories
Sequestration deadline arrives in D.C.
View ArticleFull 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...
View ArticleSenate 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...
View ArticleThursday, 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...
View ArticleChafee 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...
View ArticlePC 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...
View ArticleBrown 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...
View ArticleExecutive 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.
View ArticleArming 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...
View ArticleThousands 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...
View ArticleBoard 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...
View ArticleHigher 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...
View ArticleProvidence 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleQuestions 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...
View ArticleWhat 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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