Providence College, CCRI create partnership

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE and the Community College of Rhode Island have developed a new policy that allows students enrolled at CCRI to transfer into Providence College's School of Continuing Education and be accepted at PC while still enrolled at CCRI.  Shown is CCRI president Ray DiPasquale. / PBN FILE PHOTO
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE and the Community College of Rhode Island have developed a new policy that allows students enrolled at CCRI to transfer into Providence College's School of Continuing Education and be accepted at PC while still enrolled at CCRI. Shown is CCRI president Ray DiPasquale. / PBN FILE PHOTO

PROVIDENCE – Providence College and the Community College of Rhode Island have developed a new policy that allows students enrolled at the community college to transfer into the Providence College School of Continuing Education and be accepted at PC while still enrolled at CCRI.
Dubbed the Guaranteed Admission & Tuition Agreement, the pact stipulates that CCRI students must sign up for a potential transfer before accumulating 30 credits. They also must be enrolled in a major for which an articulation agreement is in place between the continuing education school and CCRI. The policy also provides a tuition discount for eligible CCRI graduates who choose to attend PC.
“Providence College really reached out to us and this agreement gives our students another chance to advance their education seamlessly,” said CCRI President Ray Di Pasquale. “This is an outstanding partnership and we’re delighted to give our students the opportunity to attend a fine private institution with a great academic reputation.”
The average age of a CCRI student is 29.5 years old. Two-thirds of CCRI students go to school part time.
Providence College President Rev. Brian J. Shanley, said the new policy helps PC strengthen its School of Continuing Education, which strives to “provide adult learners of all backgrounds with a rigorous liberal arts education.”
Conditions for participating CCRI students include consulting with advisors at both schools each semester while enrolled; completing the CCRI associate’s degree and meeting all terms; graduating from CCRI with a minimum 3.0 grade point average; and transferring to the continuing education program at PC within two semesters of graduating from CCRI.
Meeting those requirements makes students eligible for a 33 percent reduction in undergraduate tuition at the School of Continuing Education.
About 3,900 students attend Providence College. An average of 18,000 students per semester are enrolled in credit courses at CCRI at its Warwick, Lincoln, Providence and Newport campuses, as well as at satellite campuses in Westerly and Providence.

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