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Study: Completion rates at private nonprofit institutions in R.I. higher than national average

PROVIDENCE – A new study by the National Student Clearinghouse looked at the ways students achieve a college degree.

It found that the overall six-year completion rate for first-time, degree-seeking college students who first enrolled in 2008 was 55 percent, including 13 percent who finished at an institution other than where they started.

The total completion rates for students who started at each of the three largest institution categories ranged from 39.1 percent for students who started at two‐year public institutions to 62.8 percent for those who started at four‐year public institutions and 73.6 percent for students who started at four‐year private nonprofit institutions.

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RISD industrial design students build play into their final projects

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Industrial design students at the Rhode Island School of Design brought their playthings to class Tuesday.

Students in Cas Holman’s Design and Play class presented their final projects for a critique from classmates and their teacher, as well as from guests who included Gonzalo Casals. Casals works at Friends of The High Line, a nonprofit organization that programs the public space built from a former elevated railroad track in Manhattan.

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Brown University adding vice provost for arts

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University is adding a vice provost for the arts as part of an effort to expand the school’s focus in the area.

The school announced Friday Michael Steinberg has been appointed to the newly created position and will begin in January. He will remain in his current role as director of the Cogut Center for the Humanities at Brown through June 30. The vice provost for arts will serve as a member of the president’s cabinet.