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.
Glenn Roquemore, who was president of Irvine Valley College for 18 years before serving as chancellor and president at Costa Mesa-based California Southern University for two years, wrote this article 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.