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Mike Ivey, The Capital Times When Brown Shoe announced it was locating its new headquarters in St. Louis, not Madison — and closing its Famous Footwear offices here — one reason cited was some $43 million in economic development incentives from the state of Missouri. Wisconsin officials had also attempted to lure Brown Shoe, offering …
Nearly 200 college presidents from the United States and abroad, along with dozens of corporate and foundation representatives, met at the State Department in April to discuss how they can work together to support economic and social development in poorer regions of the world. Click here to read the full article (subscription required) More information …
Business schools in the United States and elsewhere all need to take a more global approach to education, according to a new report by the Global Foundation for Management Education. Click here for the full report.
Johanna Waters, Global Higher Ed. Both China (PRC) and the Hong Kong SAR offer an expanding and highly competitive market opportunity for overseas higher education institutions (HEIs). As noted in a recent report commissioned by the British Council (UK-China-Hong Kong Transnational Education Project), a number of UK HEIs are providing hundreds of new ‘international’ degree …
The Human Rights Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Presents: The Migration and Human Rights Workshop with Professor Zolberg and Mr. Ndjankou Thursday April 24, 2-4pm 206 Ingraham Hall Professor Zolberg presentation will be entitled: “Moving Beyond Nation-Based Human Rights” Professor Zolberg is Walter A. Eberstadt Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Faculty of …
Globalization, outsourcing, new industry, migration. Is Wisconsin prepared for the 21st century? Tuesday, April 22 8-10:30 5120 Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave Richard C. Longworth Senior writer, Chicago Tribune Author: Caught in the Middle: America’s Heartland in the Age of Globalism (Bloomsbury, 2007) Randall B. Dunham Chairperson, Department of Management & Human Resources Keenan A. …
The European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE) and the Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training Research Circle (TARGET) are pleased to present Sylvia Walby Department of Sociology, Lancaster, UK & UNESCO Chair of Gender Studies Monday, April 21 Complexity Theory and Intersectionality 10am 8417 Sewell Social Sciences Gender Mainstreaming and Feminist Knowledge Transfer Noon-1:30pm …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Masarah Van Eyck, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, 608 262-5590 Pierre Sauvage, award-winning filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, will deliver the Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Sauvage will give a lecture titled “Did Americans Fight the Holocaust” on Tuesday, April 15 at …
by Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed The growth in international graduate student applications at American colleges and universities has slowed considerably, according to new survey results released today by the Council of Graduate Schools. The council found that the number of international applicants grew only 3 percent in 2008, after gains of 9 and 12 …
Some of the most critical issues in today’s world economy will be discussed by top national figures in a University of Wisconsin–Madison conference on Thursday, May 1. “Global Imbalances and the U.S. Dollar: Doing Business in the World Economy,” will be held at the Fluno Center for Executive Education, 601 University Ave., from 11:30 a.m. …