Education & Workforce Development

Rebecca Blank, the new chancellor of the University of Wisconsin—Madison, has her work cut out for her if she is to position her taxpayer-built institution as a prime mover for the state’s prosperity.

The Helen Bader Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to Concordia University Wisconsin’s School of Nursing and School of Education to help fund a Community Health Mobile project.

“Wisconsin is a state that is far more dependent on trade than most of its citizens realize. In 2012,...

A little more than a year ago, Rebecca Blank visited the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery on the UW-Madison campus to listen to faculty members, entrepreneurs and business leaders. Her topic: What’s working and what’s not when it comes to the role of the university and the economy?

This week Wisconsin is expected to open its checkbook to anyone who wants to look. It’s called “OpenBook Wisconsin.”

The three largest school districts in central Wisconsin are a combined $103 million in debt after borrowing money to pay for new schools, upgrade old ones and, in one district, help manage cash flow difficulties.

Denver-based hrQ Inc., a staffing firm, announced today it is expanding into the Milwaukee market.

The South Beloit School Board issued bidding documents this week to contractors with the intent to start construction on the new South Beloit Junior High School Based Health Center.

Janesville’s economic development director resigned Friday, and a top city official said the community would use Vic Grassman’s departure as an opportunity to expand strategies for business expansion and job creation.

Gateway Technical College officials have been making the rounds touting the need for $49 million to expand and renovate sites in the district.