The opening session of the Connecting Credentials Summit, “Setting the Stage: Transforming Our Fragmented Credentialing System Into One That Works Better for Students, Employers and the Nation,” examined dilemmas posed by our nation’s lack of a transparent, connected credentialing system by clarifying issues, focusing on key questions, and encouraging constructive dialogue on problems that have an important place on the public agenda.
Enjoy the recorded Summit session below.
A Working Document
Speakers
- Byron Auguste
Managing Director of Opportunity@Work, New America - Molly Corbett Broad
President, American Council on Education - Chris Bustamante
President, Rio Salado College, Arizona - Anthony Carnevale
Director and Research Professor, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce - Governor John Engler
President, Business Roundtable - Jamie Merisotis
President and CEO, Lumina Foundation - Eric Seleznow
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor - Elizabeth Shuler
Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO