Witte to retire after 35 years of teaching, research, service
Upon his retirement this summer, professor John Witte will head to head for Astana and become dean of the new School for Humanities and Social Science at Nazarbayev University. UW-Madison recognized his teaching, research and service in April with the Hilldale Award. Read more ...
Many lower-skilled men find employment precarious
The U.S. unemployment rate of about 8 percent masks a far greater problem: the precarious situation of working-age men with modest education and few job skills, new analysis from the La Follette School of Public Affairs suggests. Read more ...
Buron manages workforce development programs
Alum Dan Buron helps to connect the business community with potential employees who might otherwise be overlooked. Read more ...
Smeeding to discuss Great Recession
Professor Timothy Smeeding will discuss "Employment, Poverty, Inequality and Education in the United States over the Early (and Middle) Stages of the Great Recession" on Thursday, February 2, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in 8417 Sewell Social Sciences. Read more ...
Program to examine management-worker partnerships
A program to explore how management and labor can work better together for their mutual benefit will be Thursday, January 26, from 5-7:30 p.m. in Varsity Hall at Union South, 1308 West Dayton St. It honors University of Wisconsin-Madison economist John R. Commons. Read more ...
Brunjes melds analysis, humanitarianism in pursuit of international degree
The opportunity to blend interests in China’s language, culture and socioeconomic problems brings student Emily Brunjes to the La Follette School of Public Affairs. Read more ...
Stanchfield stewards pensions
As executive director of the District of Columbia Retirement Board, Eric Stanchfield, a 1982 alum, oversees the investment of pension assets and the administration of pension benefits. The District of Columbia Retirement Board is a public pension agency with assets of approximately $4 billion serving police officers, firefighters and teachers. Read more ...
Hanauer leads organization in fight for good jobs and strong communities
Alum Amy Hanauer didn’t like that the economic expansion in the 1990s had left families in Ohio behind, she says. “My experience in Wisconsin — from the skills I gained at La Follette, to the policy history I read in class, to the direct policy I experienced working for the legislature — all made me feel like I needed to speak out.” Read more ...
Political scientist to speak Tuesday
Political scientist John Ahlquist will speak at the La Follette School seminar on Tuesday, October 4, from noon to 1 p.m. in the school’s conference room. Read more ...
Teen fatherhood limits education
Teen fatherhood lowers the odds a young man will graduate from high school but increases his odds of employment or joining the military, a new study co-authored by La Follette School economist Barbara Wolfe finds. Read more ...