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A 17-member Rhode Island Board of Education was created by the Rhode Island General Assembly in 2014, replacing the Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education and the Board of Governors for Higher Education. This consolidated governance of all public education in Rhode Island aims to provide aligned policy making and planning for ...
On May 1, 2003, WSBE rebranded itself as Rhode Island PBS. WSBE-TV's license was originally held by the Rhode Island State Board of Education (from which the call letters are derived). In 1981, what had become the Board of Regents for Education transferred the station to the Rhode Island Public Telecommunications Authority, a quasi-state agency ...
In 2011, the Board of Governors approved a measure for the Rhode Island public education community, which permitted in-state tuition breaks to illegal immigrants. [2] Incumbent Governor Lincoln Chafee supported the measure, calling it a "policy change" that would "improve the intellectual and culture life of Rhode Island".
This is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. There are currently 13 accredited, degree-granting institutions operating in the state, including two research universities, a community college, and a school of art. Two of the state's public institutions are administered by the Rhode Island Board of Education. [1]
The two latest resignations from the Hall of Fame board came this week from retired University of Rhode Island Professor Roberta Feather and John Parrillo, who has taught history at Salve Regina ...
History of Education Quarterly 43.3 (2003): 350-371. online. Seitsinger, Anne M., et al. "State of Education in Rhode Island" (Providence: The National Center on Public Education and Social Policy, 2001). online; Stockwell, Thomas B. A history of public education in Rhode Island: From 1636 to 1876 (1876) online. Tolman. William Howe.
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The Board of Governors for Higher Education, appointed by the governor, became the governing body of the university in 1981 during the presidency of Frank Newman (1974–1983). The Board of Governors was replaced by the Rhode Island Board of Education in 2013, [11] and by a 17-member Board of Trustees in 2019.