Washington County resident Samantha Maar will likely have to defer a master’s degree in social work at Rhode Island College if RIPTA service cuts move forward. (Colleen Cronin/ecoRI News)
PROVIDENCE — Samantha Maar spent a long August day on the Rhode Island College campus figuring out whether she should take out loans to attend class this fall.
Maar, 33, finished her undergraduate degree at RIC this past spring and hopes to embark on a master’s degree in social work at the college this year. But her dream of pursuing a graduate degree feels precarious right now. Maar, who doesn’t own a car, will likely defer school if the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority moves forward with planned cuts to its service…