For too long, higher education has acted as if learning only counts when it happens inside a classroom. Millions of Americans know otherwise. Opportunity should not require relocation, excessive debt or navigating systems built for someone else’s life. Our nation needs to broaden its definition of where learning happens and recognize learning wherever it happens. […]
Sonya Christian
The president of Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, California, Sonya Christian serves as vice chair and commissioner on the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC).
