Education & Workforce

Louisiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is at its lowest point since June 2019, the...

LSU today announced a new initiative to accelerate cybersecurity and defense studies, grow its ROTC program and build a cyber military corridor on campus. 

While many employers are ready to return to “normal” as the risk posed by COVID-19 seems to dissipate, insisting that everyone return to the office full time is risky. 

Kayla Gibson, a senior at Liberty Magnet High School, was awarded $5,000 in seed funding at the Young Entrepreneurs Academy of Baton Rouge Community Pitch last week.

The state’s top business lobby will push to allow families to divert a portion of the state dollars allocated for their children into savings accounts that could be used for private school tuition, tutoring or other services. 

Seattle is America's most desired post-graduation destination for college students, according to the new Axios-Generation Lab Next Cities Index

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome says the city-parish retire/rehire program that allows employees to continue working while also drawing retirement benefits helps to retain qualified workers in the current tight labor market. 

Over the past year, millions of workers have quit their jobs because of burnout, bad hours and a desire for more flexibility.

LSU’s E.J. Ourso College of Business will partner with b1BANK to establish an Entrepreneurial Bootcamp for Veterans, LSU announced today.

An LSU professor is working to create and commercialize smartphone technology that would enhance privacy and security by preventing phones from displaying personal information to users who aren’t the phone’s owner.