About Connecting CredentialsA NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON BUILDING LEARNING-BASED CREDENTIALING SYSTEM -- The purpose of this website is to support the growing number of stakeholders who are becoming involved in improving credentialing in the United States.The website is being managed by the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) and the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), with support from Lumina Foundation.Connecting CredentialsCC3_aa63f87c-fe05-11e5-a219-5b4e527d0484Lumina FoundationLumina Foundation is an independent, private foundation committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. Lumina's outcome-based approach focuses on helping to design and build an accessible, responsive and accountable higher education system while fostering a national sense of urgency for action to achieve Goal 2025. As a private foundation, Lumina Foundation does not support or oppose any legislation. Lumina provides educational information, nonpartisan research and analysis to advance Goal 2025.Corporation for a Skilled WorkforceCorporation for a Skilled Workforce is a national nonprofit that partners with government, business, and community leaders to support the creation of good jobs and the highly skilled workers to fill them. We help communities innovate so that they can compete. We help businesses cultivate talent so that they can grow. And we help people learn so that they can find good jobs -- or create their own. For more than 20 years, we have been an effective catalyst for change. We identify opportunities for innovation in work and learning and provoke transformation in policy and practice. We have worked with dozens of workforce investment boards, state workforce agencies, community-based organizations, and colleges to create lasting impact through their collaborative activities.CLASPCLASP has been a trusted resource, a creative architect for systems change, and one of the country’s most effective voices for low income people since 1969. Through careful research and analysis and effective advocacy, CLASP develops and promotes new ideas, mobilizes others, and directly assists governments and advocates to put in place successful strategies that deliver results that matter to people across America. 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EARLY CHILDHOOD NATIONAL CENTERTHE KRESGE FOUNDATIONU.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATIONOFFICE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE RESEARCH AND LEADERSHIPUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISMADISON'S CENTER ON WISCONSIN STRATEGYUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINUSA FUNDSWASC SENIOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY COMMISSIONWESTERN INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (WICHE)WORKCREDAN AFFILIATE OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTEWORKFORCE DATA QUALITY CAMPAIGNLearning-based credentialing_aa63fa52-fe05-11e5-a219-5b4e527d0484To support the growing number of stakeholders who are becoming involved in improving credentialing in the United States._aa63fb42-fe05-11e5-a219-5b4e527d0484CredentialsConnectionsCredentialingImprove credentialing in the United States_aa63fc46-fe05-11e5-a219-5b4e527d0484United States_aa63fd2c-fe05-11e5-a219-5b4e527d04842016-04-08http://connectingcredentials.org/about-us/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net