CCRI president up for top education job in Louisiana

CCRI PRESIDENT Ray DiPasquale is a finalist for commissioner of higher education in Louisiana. / PBN FILE PHOTO
CCRI PRESIDENT Ray DiPasquale is a finalist for commissioner of higher education in Louisiana. / PBN FILE PHOTO

WARWICK – Community College of Rhode Island President Ray DiPasquale has been named as a finalist for Louisiana commissioner of higher education, according to a report from Rhode Island Public Radio.
DiPasquale has been president of CCRI since 2006.
He also served as Rhode Island’s interim commissioner of higher education for several years while working as CCRI’s president.
The other finalists for the Louisiana position are Robin Capehart, president of West Liberty University in West Virginia, and Joseph Rallo, a vice chancellor from Texas Tech University, the radio station reported.

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