Glenn Roquemore earned a doctorate in geology and geophysics and became head of the Applied Geoscience Research Office at the Naval Weapons Center China Lake, where he worked for a decade before becoming a college professor and eventually president of Irvine Valley College for 18 years. Roquemore, who now owns an Irvine-based consulting firm to help schools become accredited, wrote this Leader Board for the Business Journal.
Higher education in America ranks No. 1 in academic rigor and standards compared to other nations around the globe. Still, according to the Pew Research Center, we continue to rank in the middle regarding academic achievement and completion.