By Larry Lee
Officials from the University of Wisconsin, regional workforce experts, and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch discussed workforce issues Thursday.
The discussion centered on how to improve the pipeline of student development from the K-12 level through the college system and into the workforce.
The economy is improving, but there are still problems like a large number of people not looking for work, skill gaps for people trying to enter the modern workforce, and competition for quality employees.
University of Wisconsin Regent Regina Millner sees that there is an immediate need for trained people in a number of specialties, and the University must continue working to prepare more of those people for the workforce. "That immediate need can be addressed by us working with businesses, and working with our two year and our four year comprehensives to fill that gap. I also took out of the meeting that we need to look back to our K-through-12's and take a serious look at how we're going to be able to adapt what the curriculum is, so we can have the pipeline going, so it will feed into it in a natural way."
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