Stackable education lets Utah students take on job training, degrees ‘one bite at a time’
In The News Piece in KUER 90.1
Oct. 23, 2023
Shalin Jyotishi was quoted in an article by KUER 90.1 about "stacking" education and converting job training into academic credit.
Rosario Cerón doesn’t have a lot of time to herself. When the 42-year-old mother of two isn’t at work, she’s home—logging onto class from her kitchen table.
The course she’s taking now — Math 1030, Quantitative Reasoning – is not her favorite, but she figures it will come in handy one day.
“That’s my kind of thinking in life,” Cerón said. “It seems like you don’t need it now but later you will and you’ll see the reason why.”
Cerón came to Utah more than 20 years ago from Mexico. The initial plan was to return to attend college. But she fell in love in the mountains and with the man who would become her husband.
They started a family here in Utah. She helped out by working odd jobs but never gave up her college dream.