CCRI

CCRI Becoming More Energy Efficient

Bradley Campbell — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:33:10 +0000

The Community College of Rhode Island is upgrading its flagship campus in Warwick. The upgrades are geared to save energy costs.

Sawyer School students will be reunited with their records

Flo Jonic — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:36:59 +0000

(PROVIDENCE, RI) Help is on the way for the more than 300 students displaced by the recent closure of the Sawyer vocational school in Providence.

The state Office of Higher Education will hold a day-long meeting next week for students displaced by the closure of the Sawyer School in Providence. More than 300 students in Rhode Island and another 1,200 in Connecticut were shocked to see the school close abruptly just after Christmas.

The roadblocks to a college degree: a four-part series

Elisabeth Harrison — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:52:17 +0000

Thousands of college and university students received degrees across the state this weekend, but across the state, nearly half of Rhode Island residents do not have a bachelor’s degree. Business analysts often cite this statistic as one of the factors behind Rhode Island’s slow economic recovery.

To find out what’s behind the number, I met four Rhode Islanders who started college but never finished their degrees. They explained what got in the way of college, and what their lives have been like since leaving school.