Daily Archives: January 8, 2026

Daily Five

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Here is the Fall 2025 HigherED.zone ranking of the Five Best Business Schools in Rhode Island:

  1. Business Economics Concentration – Brown University
  2. College of Business – University of Rhode Island (URI)
  3. School of Business – Providence College (PC)
  4. College of Business – Bryant University
  5. Department of Business and Economics – Salve Regina University

This Top Five List was determined by a ranked choice vote of the HigherED.zone editorial board.

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Campus Trivia Night

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Question: Which 5 countries were the largest economies in the world by nominal GDP in the year 2010?

Via the IMF by way of Wikipedia

  1. United States
  2. China
  3. Japan
  4. Germany
  5. France

In the half decade between 2005 and 2010, China surpassed Japan and Germany to become the 2nd largest economy in the world as measured by nominal GDP in $US as estimated by the International Monetary Fund. In this same time frame, France surpassed the United Kingdom to re-enter the list of the world’s five largest economies as measured by nominal GDP.

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