- Governments as human capital providers: a rationale
for strong government support of broad higher education
access.
Abstract Purpose--The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the case for governmental support of higher education access to further national competitiveness. Design/methodology/approach--A review of previous literature is used to examine different academic disciplines that impact the relationship between higher education access and national competitiveness. These ......
- Wisconsin's Nursing Alignment Idea is Catching On
IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 Northeast Wisconsin Technical College nursing students gather around instructor Mary Bessett, front left, who cares for Gaetano Auricchio, a patient at St. Vincent Hospital. Faculty and administrators from each of Wisconsin's 16 technical colleges recently implemented a collaborative curriculum development project focused on alleviating the state's nursing ......
- RSM McGladrey lands former Wisconsin bank regulator
Richard Dean has joined RSM McGladrey Inc. as executive director financial institutions. Dean, formerly the secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions will head the consulting firm's Wisconsin practice and work as a member of its national financial institutions office. He also will serve as a business advisor to ......
- Private Colleges Prepare Students For The Real World
August is Private College Month and Northeast Wisconsin has six of the finest: Lawrence University, Appleton; Ripon College, Ripon; Silver Lake College, Manitowoc, St. Norbert's College, De Pere; Marian College, Fond du Lac; and Lakeland College, Sheboygan. In addition to 26 UW campuses, Wisconsin's private colleges educate more than 52,000 ......
- TCF to expand in booming southwestern United States
Timothy Meyer has been appointed president of TCF Bank Arizona, a new wholly-owned national bank charter, announced Wayzata, Minn.-based TCF Financial Corporation. The company recently unveiled plans to open several consumer loan production offices in the Phoenix metropolitan area during 2006 with construction of traditional retail branches to begin later ......
- WTBA Shake-Up
The Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association (WTBA) announced Sept. 28 a major restructuring, including the appointment of Patrick Stevens as its executive director. Stevens assumed his new responsibilities effective Sept. 28. He has served as the association's corporate counsel and director of environmental policy & regulations since 2000, representing WTBA in ......
- Two Generations of GSB Graduates Reflect on the Importance of Banker Education
When Chris Hove decided to attend the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he had a pretty good idea the school would provide what he needed. As vice president of commercial banking for First National Bank, Lincoln, Nebraska, Hove was looking for a curriculum that would make ......