POINT OF VIEW

The Vanishing Higher-Education Reporter

By RICHARD WHITMIRE

Anyone entering one of the many restaurants in Providence, R.I., is likely to end up sitting next to out-of-town parents visiting their sons and daughters who attend nearby colleges. That's because Rhode Island has one of the highest (the local chamber of commerce says the highest) concentration of colleges and universities in the...

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