Chicago to make $1.25 Million Investment in Austin Manufacturing Education

On November 13, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the city will invest $1.25 million in advanced manufacturing education programs led by the Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council and its managing partner, the Center for Labor & Community Research.

“We need to invest in something other people recognize as one…

Maryland Community College Wins $5 Million National Cyber Security Grant

The National Science Foundation has awarded Prince George’s Community College a $5 million National Advanced Technological Education Center continuation grant for its National CyberWatch – Cybersecurity Education Solutions for the Nation project. Funding over the next four years will promote cyber security education at community colleges nationally.

The grant will…

Health Plans are Preparing to Participate in Health Benefit Exchanges

More than two-thirds of health plan business leaders who participated ina KPMG LLP webcast poll in September say they have analyzed the operational impacts and developed a plan of action to become exchange ready (39 percent), or had started implementing required changes and are on schedule to meet the…

Providing Health Care Benefits is top Business Challenge for Company Leadership

According to a survey by Adecco Staffing US, companies are holding back on hiring due to rising costs of benefits. More than half of the more than 500 senior executives polled in the United States cite providing health care benefits to employees as the greatest business challenge they face.

However…

In Many Industries, Economies of Size Is Shifting to Economies of Numbers

For decades, “bigger is better” has been the conventional path to efficiency in industries ranging from transportation to power generation. New research from the Columbia University’s Business School shows a radical shift from building big to building small—a change that has profound implications for both established and emerging…