In this article, the author discusses the issue surrounding the blanket rejection of career-school credits by traditional schools. Whether they attend a career college, community college, online college, or brick-and-mortar university, many Americans find that higher education has become a "grab and go" proposition. To them, attending multiple institutions in the pursuit of degrees and other credentials has become the rule rather than the exception. Data from the National Center for Education Statistics suggest that some 40 percent of postsecondary students change institutions at least once. As a result, the ability to transfer credits between institutions has become increasingly important. But rather than help such students get ahead, many traditional colleges and universities have instead created barriers to success. Rejection of transfer credits based on bias for regional versus national accreditation is bad academic policy. Blanket credit rejection makes students less likely to pursue a four-year degree because it forces them to repeat courses, add debt to pay for them, and postpone graduation far into the future. It penalizes otherwise worthy students and makes the work of developing a world-class 21st-century work force in this country that much harder. Blanket rejection is counterproductive, counterintuitive, and counter to America's sense of hard work and fair play. Congress can legislate a solution as part of the pending Higher Education Act reauthorization process: Bar rejection of credit-transfer requests based on accredited status. In fairness to all, colleges should be able to determine the transferability of credits by giving students a review based on what they have learned and accomplished--not by harping on questionable distinctions among different types of institutions.