Education & Workforce Development
Learn about strategies for education and workforce development in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin.
The Master Lock Company to lay off 61 employees
Oak Creek-based The Master Lock Company is laying off 61 employees at its Milwaukee facility located at 2600 N. 32nd St., Milwaukee, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notice recently filed with the state.
Marquette University eliminates 39 positions to address shortfalls
Marquette University eliminated 39 staff positions this week as it continues to cut costs amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
STEM graduates up slightly in southeastern Wisconsin but disparities persist, report says
Southeastern Wisconsin is showing slight gains in the number of STEM graduates coming out of its colleges, but women...
New York IT services company to double its supply of local tech talent in 2021
New York-based Genesis10 is helping Wisconsin build its tech talent pipeline through its local programing, which has supplied Milwaukee and Madison-area employers with 150 trained software developers since launching in 2020.
Donors pledge $500,000 for Carthage College’s diversity and equity efforts
Carthage College has received more than $500,000 in pledges from donors to support the school’s diversity and equity initiatives.
Stanek family gives $2 million to Marquette University
Baird executive Mary Ellen Stanek and her husband, Dr. Scott Stanek, have pledged more than $2 million to Marquette University.
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Hendricks buys St. John’s campus in Delafield
Beloit-based Hendricks Commercial Properties has purchased the 112-acre St. John's Northwestern Military Academy Inc. campus in Delafield in a sale-leaseback transaction.
Rexnord Corp. gives $1 million to expand Marquette’s Bridge to Business program
Rexnord Corp. is giving another $1 million to support Marquette University’s Bridge to Business program.
UMOS awarded state contracts to operate transitional jobs programs
Milwaukee-based UMOS, Inc. has been awarded two new contracts totaling $1.87 million to operate transitional jobs programs in six additional Wisconsin counties.
UW System, UW-Madison losing competitive edge, report says
The University of Wisconsin System and UW-Madison have not kept pace with their peers nationally in key funding areas due to the state's tuition freeze, stagnant funding and declining enrollments over the past decade, according to a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report.
