June 8, 2025 - Campus Crisis / Gaspee / Weekly Insight

On this episode, our contributor Steph Machado explores the intense pressure that higher education is under amid massive changes in Washington, and ongoing financial issues with an in-depth interview with Dan Egan, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, which represent Rhode Island’s eight private colleges. Then, as America’s 250 anniversary approaches, we take a second look at Pamela Watts report on a daring raid in Warwick Rhode Island that may have sparked the American Revolution? Finally, Anaridis Rodriguez our contributor, WPRI 12’s Politics Editor Ted Nesi discuss the financial challenges facing Providence and recent poll numbers that show Governor McKee’s job approval rating at an all-time low.