John Wiley, former chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, worked so hard to connect the university to the business life of the state that it was disheartening to see him leave on a sour note. Wiley loves the university, an...

WASHINGTON - It's not much of a report card. Half of Americans say U.S. schools are doing only a fair to poor job of preparing children for college and the workforce. Even more feel that way about the skills that youngsters need to survive as adults, an

Californians, increasingly anxious about jobs and the economy, see the quality of the Golden State's public schools as a significant problem, according to a new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California.

ARINC was searching for an intern and Kimberly Laubscher had all the stats: a University of Virginia engineering major who holds a 3.79 GPA. And she had hometown appeal: The South River High School valedictorian interned at ARINC last year and knew an emp

The Arkansas economy has some soft spots, such as in sectors related to new home construction, but business leaders say the state has the elements in place to bounce back from the current slowdown.