Education & Workforce Development

The current policies of the Wisconsin state government are holding the state’s economy back, not sparking job growth, according to Milwaukee futurist Bob Chernow.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will present a Talent Conference to explore how top companies are recruiting and retaining talented professionals.

On the day I met and interviewed Rebecca Blank, the newly appointed chancellor at the University of Wisconsin, one of the headlines of the day out of Madison was that a journalist had been arrested because he was reporting that people were being arrested for gathering and singing in the Capitol building without a permit.

Jeannine Sherman has been named director of communications and marketing at Carroll University, effective Oct. 1.

WISN-TV Channel 12 and the Salvation Army successfully raised more than $50,000 during a recent phone bank.

Earlier this month, high school students participating in Milwaukee's Conservation Leadership Corps met with corporate and community leaders at Johnson Controls' Glendale headquarters for "Green Jobs Day."

The Milwaukee Athletic Club will officially launch its mentor program in late September.

Earlier this month, high school students participating in Milwaukee's Conservation Leadership Corps met with corporate and community leaders at...

St. Marcus Lutheran School, in the midst of the Brewer’s Hill and Harambee neighborhoods, wants to expand by opening a new school in the nearby former Malcom X School. However, Milwaukee Public Schools is blocking that plan.

As students begin to move into residence halls on the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus Thursday, they’ll bring more than boxes of clothes, microwaves and laptops. They’ll bring a stream of cash, and lots of it.