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Rose tapped to lead CSREA, shift focus
Tricia Rose, professor of Africana studies at Brown University, has been selected as the new director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, effective July 1. Rose will succeed Evelyn Hu-deHart, who has led the academic center since 2002, according to a release from Brown. more
| 4/23/13
UMass commits to $3.1B in campus improvements
BOSTON – The University of Massachusetts board of trustees has approved a plan to spend $3.1 billion on new construction, renovations and other upgrades over the next five years that would help in part to fund a new academic building and repairs to four residence halls on the school’s Dartmouth campus. more
10/8/12
Colleges give faculty perks as student costs grow
The University of Chicago paid James Madara $2.5 million in severance when he stepped down in 2009 as medical dean and hospital chief. Madara, who remained on the faculty, later joined the American Medical Association. more
Bloomberg News | 3/18/13
A public investment matures
Financed largely by a voter-approved $65 million bond in 2006, the University of Rhode Island opened the new home for the College of Pharmacy last week. Among those in attendance were URI President David M. Dooley (with scissors), and former URI president, Robert L. Carothers, standing behind U.S. Rep. James R. Langevin. more
9/10/12
Gist says technology key to improving classroom instruction
Education Commissioner Deborah Gist on Tuesday called for investment and innovation in early learning, technology, and mathematics improvement, in her fourth annual State of Education address to the General Assembly. more
Former students pay for accepting exploitive loans
JPMorgan Chase & Co. charges Mirella Tovar as much as 10.25 percent annual interest on her student loans – a rate as high as a credit card. more
Bloomberg News | 6/11/12 | 1 comment
RWU gets $75K grant for leadership program
BRISTOL – The Hearst Foundation, which support organizations in culture, education, and health and social services, has awarded Roger Williams University a $75,000 grant to support its Intercultural Leadership Ambassador program that provides full tuition scholarships to underrepresented students. more
2/11/13
RISD Museum picks new curator for contemporary art
After a nationwide search, the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design has named Dominic Molon as the Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art. more
Stonehill names new leader
Stonehill College’s Board of Trustees voted Friday to name the school’s current vice president for student affairs, the Rev. John Denning, its 10th president, succeeding current president, the Rev. Mark T. Cregan, who will step down at the end of June after 13 years in the job. more
| 5/17/13
Brown to award $50K in scholarships to Prov. high schoolers
Brown University will use proceeds from the Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence to provide scholarships for Providence public high school graduates accepted to accredited two- or four-year institutions of higher education, the school announced Thursday. more
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