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Indentured students jump as U.S. loans corrode education ticket
In the early years, the loan program let ambitious teens take on a small debt that could pay off with a lifetime of higher earnings. Now, the $1 trillion in outstanding student debt has become a drag on the economic recovery, a flashpoint in the presidential election and a threat to the egalitarian ideals of U.S. higher education. more
Salve Regina gives free continuing ed. courses
NEWPORT – Salve Regina University will offer free courses to 25 Rhode Island residents who enroll as first-time applicants in an undergraduate continuing education program at the school’s new Center for Adult Education in Warwick. more
7/9/12
NEIT gets $120K grant for faculty development
EAST GREENWICH – The New England Institute of Technology announced last month that it has received a one-year grant for nearly $120,000 for faculty development, from the Davis Educational Foundation. more
7/9/12
UMass faculty awarded creative-economy grants
DARTMOUTH – University of Massachusetts Dartmouth faculty members are among those within the school whose creative-economy projects will benefit from $259,300 in grants from the President’s Creative Economy Initiative Fund announced last month. more
7/9/12
Amgen foundation backs URI biotech-lab program
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has been awarded a $94,000 grant from the Amgen Foundation to continue its Amgen-Bruce Wallace Biotechnology Lab program for high school students throughout the state. more
7/9/12
Success of graduates helping to build pride in URI
When Bob Beagle, recently retired vice president for university advancement at the University of Rhode Island, came to the school in the early 1990s, the national banking crisis had left the state in fiscal disarray. more
CCRI launches PACE program with DLT
WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island last month launched an effort aimed at allowing workers to acquire career-specific skills in a relatively short time frame for two high-growth fields, thanks in part to a federal grant. more
7/2/12
Brown to benefit from $127M bond sale
Brown University will use a $127.4 million bond sale to renovate downtown property after agreeing in May to almost double annual payments to the city. more
Graduation test: budgeting today
Figuring out a personal budget is a relatively easy process. more
Luxury student housing seen as rare growth market
The cinder-block dormitories and cramped, scruffy, off-campus apartments familiar to generations of college students are under attack. more
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