Outcomes on Education and Jobs for MATC Students was Topic of Grassroots Lecture”What’s at Stake: What the Election Outcomes Will Mean for Education and Jobs for MATC Students” was the topic of an Oct. 28 lecture held at Milwaukee Area Technical College’s Downtown Milwaukee Campus.
Marc V. Levine, a senior fellow and founding director of the Center for Economic Development at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, was the featured speaker.
Levine is internationally known for his study of urban economies, race and poverty, with an emphasis on developments in Milwaukee, Baltimore and Montreal. He is also the director of UWM’s Consortium for Economic Opportunity.
The presentation was sponsored by MATC’s Liberal Arts and Sciences Division and the Grassroots Committee. Grassroots Series events are intended to connect issues studied in liberal arts and sciences classrooms with our everyday lives.