David Dooley

Board of Ed Tackles Guns, Gist and Science

Elisabeth Harrison — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:29:20 +0000

There’s a meaty agenda on tap this week at the State Board of Education. The group is scheduled to vote Thursday on a controversial proposal to allow police to carry guns on state college campuses. The board is also scheduled to vote on adopting new science standards and consider a contract extension for Education Commissioner Deborah Gist.

Executive Pay at Public Universities: How RI Measures Up

Elisabeth Harrison — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:02:28 +0000

The Chronicle of Higher Education finds University of Rhode Island President David Dooley is 134^th in the country when it comes to his compensation package.

URI Report: Arm Campus Police

Elisabeth Harrison — Sat, 04 May 2013 12:48:16 +0000

A preliminary review of the University of Rhode Island’s response to reports of a shooter on campus finds campus police were forced to wait five minutes before they could enter the building where the shooter was reportedly located. The officers, who are unarmed, had to wait for local police to arrive before they could enter the building.

Do Rhode Island State College Police Need Guns?

Elisabeth Harrison — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:15:17 +0000

The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hear testimony Wednesday on a bill that would allow Rhode Island State College Police to carry guns.

Dooley disassociates URI from tweets made by history professor

Ian Donnis — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:29:41 +0000

In a statement dated yesterday and released to the media today, University of Rhode Island president David Dooley has disassociated the university from