Rhode Island House Commission to
Study Higher Education
Affordability and Accessibility

Welcome to the website for the House Commission to Study Public Higher Education Affordability and Accessibility. Rhode Island’s public higher education system brings tremendous opportunities for our next generation of citizens and leaders, provides a wealth of resources to all who live in the state, and plays a crucial role in shaping our collective future. To ensure that our public higher education system and institutions remain within the reach of all Rhode Islanders, this Commission will examine a range of factors that can limit participation and will seek to put into place solutions that reduce educational inequities and foster even greater success for learners of every age. Here you will find background information on the Commission’s scope of work, members, meeting schedule and agendas, presentations, and its findings and recommendations. Please feel free to submit any suggestions or questions that you may have regarding the Commission and its work.

Sincerely,

Representative Frank Ferri
Chairman

 

 

View House Resolution H5193.

EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N

CREATING A SPECIAL HOUSE COMMISSION TO STUDY PUBLIC HIGHER

EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY IN THE STATE OF RHODE

ISLAND

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1 This resolution would create a seven (7) member special legislative study commission

2 whose purpose it would be to make a comprehensive study of the affordability of higher

3 education in the State of Rhode Island's cities and towns and who would report back to the House

4 of Representatives no later than May 3, 2011, bi-annually thereafter, and whose life would expire

5 on July 30, 2016.

 

Representative Frank Ferri, Chairman

Representative Donna M. Walsh,Vice Chair

Representative Doreen M. Costa

Representative Maria E. Cimini

Representative Grace Diaz

Representative Spencer E. Dickinson

Representative Joy Hearn

Representative Daniel Patrick Reilly