The Collaborative works with members of the Governor’s Office, the Rhode Island Senate, the Rhode Island House of Representatives, and the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation to determine research areas which will inform public policy. This year, scholars will focus their research on economic development in the state.
In his framing article “Manufacturing, Innovation & Economic Growth: The Challenges for Rhode Island and the Country,” Bryant University Associate Professor of Economics Edinaldo Tebaldi provides an overview of the rise and fall of manufacturing in the United States and explores the potential for a resurgence of manufacturing in the country and specifically in Rhode Island.
In their op-ed, Program Director for the Collaborative, Amber Caulkins, and AICU Rhode Island President, Daniel Egan, discuss how academics from Rhode Island’s 11 higher education institutions have partnered together to provide policy makers in the state with evidence and data to support positive economic development.
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