Collaborating Organizations

The Joyce Foundation supports efforts to protect the Great Lakes, to reduce poverty and violence in the region, and to ensure its residents have access to good schools, decent jobs, a strong democracy, and a diverse and thriving culture.

The Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW) is a non-profit, non-partisan, 501(c)3 affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, promoting the rigorous educational standards and effective job training systems needed to preserve the strength of America’s greatest economic resource, its workforce.

Through its events, publications, and policy initiatives—and drawing upon the Chamber’s extensive network of corporate members—ICW connects the best minds in American business with the most innovative thinkers in American education, helping them work together to ensure the nation’s continued prosperity.

Corporate Voices for Working Families is the leading national business membership organization representing the private sector on public policy issues involving working families. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, we improve the lives of working families by developing and advancing innovative policies that reflect collaboration among the private sector, government and other stakeholders.

To create bipartisan support for issues affecting working families, we facilitate research in areas spotlighting the intersecting interests of business, community and families: workforce readiness, family economic stability and flexibility in the workforce.

Collectively, our 50 partner companies, with annual net revenues of more than $1 trillion, employ more than 4 million individuals throughout all 50 states.

TWA's mission is to advocate for public policies that invest in the skills of America's workers, so they can better support their families and help American businesses better compete in today's economy. TWA  is a coalition of community-based training organizations, community colleges, unions, business leaders, local officials, and leading technical assistance and research organizations from the field of workforce development. This alliance of stakeholders ensures that our efforts are not in the self-interest of a particular group, but are instead in the broader public interest of the nation. 

Creating knowledge about Latino students in higher education - To ensure the high caliber of tomorrow's workforce and civic leadership, Excelencia in Education links research, policy, and practice to inform policymakers and institutional leaders and promotes policies and practices that support higher educational achievement for Latino and all students.

The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) removes barriers to lifelong learning for adults, identifies and disseminates innovative and effective practices and delivers services that touch the lives of adults. To realize our vision, we work with all of the stakeholders in lifelong learning, including educational institutions, employers, labor organizations, government and communities.

The League for Innovation in the Community College is the only major international organization specifically committed to improving community colleges through innovation, experimentation, and institutional transformation. Founded in 1968 by a small group of community college presidents committed to stimulating innovation and sharing successful programs and strategies, the League has grown into an international consortium of more than 900 member community colleges representing all 50 states and 12 other nations, all dedicated to catalyzing the community college movement. Throughout its 40-year history, the League has worked with all comers to fulfill its initial purpose: "To encourage and evaluate innovation and experimentation designed to improve all aspects of community college operation, through the association of a group of community colleges."