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How to Build a Post-Pandemic America

The Works Progress Administration (WPA), a federal agency created in 1935 to address the nation’s then-worst economic catastrophe, is getting a fresh look as we think about how to help millions of Americans left jobless in the pandemic. There’s a good reason for why. During its eight-year tenure, the WPA put more than eight million…

Jamie Merisotis, Jesse O'ConnellJuly 2, 2020

Engineer Planning Project With CNC Machinery In Background

Adults can thrive amid the pandemic—and flourish when economic recovery comes—by earning short-term credentials

A global health crisis hurts even those who don’t fall ill, especially people with no formal education beyond high school who are caught in the economic riptide of soaring unemployment.

Courtney Brown June 29, 2020

New data show 51.3% of U.S. adults hold degrees, certificates, or industry certifications

Lumina Foundation’s A Stronger Nation measures industry certifications for the first time, shows gaps in attainment persist among people 25 to 64 who are Black, Hispanic, and Native American

June 29, 2020

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Looking past the pandemic: Educators from Michigan, Texas, and Illinois ponder the changes wrought by COVID

Dakota PawlickiMay 11, 2020

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Amber Garrison Duncan

Amber Garrison Duncan is a strategy director at Lumina Foundation where she leads a portfolio of work that supports the creation of a system where high-quality learning can be validated and valued regardless of where it happens, and efficiently contribute to credentials. Lumina’s work in this area includes competency-based education, learning frameworks, assessment, credential recognition and learner records, as well as quality assurance.