Holly Zanville
Articles by HollyHolly Zanville, Ph.D., served at Lumina Foundation for nearly 15 years. Her most recent work at the foundation focused on a newly emerging work-and-learn ecosystem, including the networks and partnerships, collective action initiatives, and research related to workforce-education alignment, credentialing, and quality assurance.
While at Lumina, Zanville led Lumina’s development of several national initiatives in work related to adult students and non-degree, workforce-relevant credentials, including Connecting Credentials, Credential Engine, and Credit When It’s Due. She also supervised research on how industry certifications were embedded in college programs.
See her current bio at George Washington University’s Institute of Public Policy
More from Holly
Reflections on education in a new era of work and learning
This chapter summarizes trends, themes, and lessons from this volume and key credentialing initiatives supported by Lumina Foundation.
An updated map of the learn-and-work highway
As any traveler will tell you, nothing aids progress so much as a good map. That’s a lesson more than 30 funders are learning firsthand as they explore ways to create a more seamless system of education and workforce training.
Ensuring workers’ ‘soft skills’ is no cushy job
Two words summarize an increasingly important education and workforce issue—skills gap. This is the gap between the skills students attain in education or job training and the ones employers say that workers need.
Inside the Big Confusing Credentialing Tent: A New Mission to Understand Non-Degree Credentials
New research is showing the growing value of credentials—but the trouble is, no one seems to fully grasp what credentials are, or how to decipher terms like non-degree and sub-degree.
In tomorrow’s ‘work-and-learn’ world, new tools must measure progress
How will we assess learning ─ and make sure it counts in the workplace ─ in 2030 and beyond? That’s the important question we asked during a recent discussion hosted by the Institute for the Future (IFTF) and Lumina Foundation.
When funders call for a map of credential transparency initiatives, we should pay attention
The ever-shifting landscape of education and work has raised the stakes higher than ever for students to choose wisely when considering education and training programs.