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JWU entrepreneurial pool attracts sharks
Options have become an early career necessity, says John Robitaille, executive director of Johnson & Wales University’s Center for Entrepreneurship, whose charge after taking on the position about 18 months ago was to further the school’s position as an entrepreneurial incubator. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 1/7/13

PASA helping students earn credits for work
Kerri Lemoie has her eye on the future. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 1/7/13

State officials to seize Sawyer student records
State higher education officials will enter facilities of the closed Sawyer School over the weekend, accompanied by state police, to take custody of student academic and financial records, Mike Trainor, spokesman for the state Office of Higher Education, said at a press conference on Friday. more
Beacon 2.0 is nearing completion
In the digital classroom, few things are more frustrating for a teacher than trying to project a video to a large group of students and watching the computer freeze, said Thomas Thibodeau, assistant provost at the New England Institute of Technology in East Greenwich. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 1/14/13

‘Entrepreneurial mindset’ crucial in changing economy
Sylvia Maxfield, whose career has taken her from the Ivory tower, as she calls it, of Yale University to Wall Street and then back into higher education, became dean of the college of business at Providence College last summer. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 1/14/13

Sawyer students left in limbo
The sudden closure of the Sawyer School has left 302 Rhode Island students in academic and financial limbo. With education officials last week still unsure even of who was in charge of the shuttered school, the shutdown has also raised questions regarding oversight of for-profit education in the Ocean State. more

BY RHONDA MILLER
PBN Staff Writer | 1/14/13

Millennials managing money better than predecessors
1/21/13
Harbor discovery documents changes along Israel’s coast
University of Rhode Island assistant professor William Krieger’s interests in philosophy and archaeology have combined in educational and career tracks that afford him a unique perspective. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 1/21/13

RICE scholarships awarded to students
The Rhode Island Consulting Engineers recently awarded four scholarships to college students pursuing engineering degrees. more
1/28/13
Lawmakers searching for answers to close skills gap
Frustrated by the gap between available jobs in Rhode Island and the lack of trained workers to fill them, some state legislators are pushing for action on this stubborn chasm in the workforce. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 1/28/13

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