Still praises UW System economic development initiatives


Twelve proposals by UW institutions got the green light to deploy $22.5 million over the next two years to support increased economic growth and a stronger Wisconsin workforce. (One of the grants went to UW-Green Bay and UW Oshkosh for development of a collaborative engineering technology program.) Columnist Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council, writes in a Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel column that the Board of Regents “has heard loud and clear” that higher education can do even more to contribute to the state’s economic success. Read more.