Education

Environmentalists and businesspeople are clearly not always on the same page when it comes to our nation’s and our state’s future. No one knows that better than the players involved in the recent Gogebic Taconite mining proposal, which was shelved after the state Legislature failed to pass a bill that would have cleared the way for the mine. Full Story 

David Krakauer, the new director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID), says a lot of interesting, challenging, borderline-radical things. Then again, he comes from a pretty interesting place, born of a borderline-radical approach to science and research – one where ideas are free to grow in an interdisciplinary greenhouse in which odd hybrids are nurtured and appreciated rather than cut off at the roots. Full Story 

After months of maddeningly gradual economic recovery, companies still are more selective in their hiring and expect their existing workforce to do more. That's a double-edged sword for the C-suite (an opportunity to demonstrate more value, and an invitation to stress), and it has led to more customization in executive training. Executive training programs increasingly provide the flexibility of customized training, which has gained favor alongside open enrollment programs. In most cases, customization requires a partnership between the educational institution and the client company because it contributes to the alignment of organizational strategy and business outcomes. Full Story 

Enzo Ciarletta isn’t your typical first-grade dropout. Indeed, he’s accumulated a wealth of educational laurels – and life lessons – since he unilaterally, and without the knowledge of his old-school Italian immigrant mother, took a two-week hiatus from school at the tender age of 6, having decided that the educational system just wasn’t for him. Full Story