Education & Workforce Development

The U.S. added 288,000 nonfarm jobs in April, up from 203,000 jobs in March and its fastest pace of job growth since January 2012.

Infosys notified state officials Tuesday that it plans to “reduce our operations” at the Schlitz Park complex at 1515 N. River Center Dr. in downtown Milwaukee and will eliminate 31 employees there.

While Mark Mone won’t fill the role of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s interim chancellor for much more than half a year, he is poised to build on the legacy of his predecessors with a vision and platform for the university’s time of transition.

Wisconsin Lutheran High School will break ground on a dramatic expansion on Friday as part of a $6.7 million project aimed at enhancing the school's amenities and better blending its arts programming with other curriculum.

Milwaukee’s education landscape will welcome Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in fall 2015, according to an announcement made today by the Midwest Jesuits of the Wisconsin and Chicago-Detroit Provinces and the Cristo Rey Network.

Milwaukee-based global staffing firm ManpowerGroup today reported first quarter net earnings of $70.1 million, or 86 cents per share, up 193 percent from $23.9 million, or 31 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2013.

The role of the contemporary administrative assistant is increasing in importance in corporate America, according to a new survey by Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup.

Layton Boulevard West Neighbors, Inc. is building on the success of its Mobile Bike Hub with a new summer internship program that will teach area teens far more than the mechanics of basic bike repairs.

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development today released preliminary estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that indicate Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.9 percent in March.

Marquette University can officially form its own campus police department, thanks to a bill signed Monday by Gov. Scott Walker.