Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e6BMCYv20090; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 18:12:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 18:12:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200007112210.PAA21528@orion.cc.pcc.edu> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Carol Mazer <cmazer@pcc.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:3030] Re: [NIFL-4EFF:1101] EFF Concerns in X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: multipart/alternative; X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Status: O Content-Length: 3383 Lines: 95 --=====================_16686946==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To M Dryden- You are correct in your statements about who needs a GED, but one cautionary note from my experience: several people either do not have proof of their foreign high school completion, or find it easier to get the GED than to try to get those transcripts or any official confirmation from their home countries. If an employer believes a person about previous education, that's fine. Colleges, of course, must have transcripts. Carol Mazer Coordinator, Gateway Family Literacy and Resource Specialist for PCC Adult Literacy Volunteer Tutoring Center 1001 S.W. Baseline Ave Hillsboro, OR 97123 (503) 693-3237 (503) 648-4175 fax cmazer@pcc.edu At 09:43 AM 07/11/00 -0400, you wrote: > > >I am trying to give a program some guidelines on which potential GED >learners really need the GED certificate. > >For example, if a student has his high school diploma from a foreign >country, he does not need a GED to enter college in the US; if an engineer >from a foreign country wants a license here, he does not need a GED--he >needs to take the licensing exam in English, and perhaps to fulfill some >other requirements. > >However, if a learner does not have a high school diploma from any country, >he needs GED to go to college, for employment, etc. > >Is there any summary of helpful information, to assist programs in >determining if a learner needs the GED certificate, to meet his goals? > --=====================_16686946==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> To M Dryden-<br> You are correct in your statements about who needs a GED, but one cautionary note from my experience: several people either do not have proof of their foreign high school completion, or find it easier to get the GED than to try to get those transcripts or any official confirmation from their home countries. If an employer believes a person about previous education, that's fine. Colleges, of course, must have transcripts.<br> <br> <font face="Tribune" color="#808000">Carol Mazer<br> </font><font color="#800080"><i>Coordinator, Gateway Family Literacy and<br> Resource Specialist for<br> </font></i><font color="#0000FF">PCC Adult Literacy Volunteer Tutoring Center<br> 1001 S.W. Baseline Ave<br> Hillsboro, OR 97123<br> <br> </font><font color="#008000">(503) 693-3237 <br> (503) 648-4175 fax<br> </font><font color="#000000">cmazer@pcc.edu <br> <br> At 09:43 AM 07/11/00 -0400, you wrote:<br> ><br> ><br> >I am trying to give a program some guidelines on which potential GED<br> >learners really need the GED certificate.<br> ><br> >For example, if a student has his high school diploma from a foreign<br> >country, he does not need a GED to enter college in the US; if an engineer<br> >from a foreign country wants a license here, he does not need a GED--he<br> >needs to take the licensing exam in English, and perhaps to fulfill some<br> >other requirements.<br> ><br> >However, if a learner does not have a high school diploma from any country,<br> >he needs GED to go to college, for employment, etc.<br> ><br> >Is there any summary of helpful information, to assist programs in<br> >determining if a learner needs the GED certificate, to meet his goals?<br> > </font></html> --=====================_16686946==_.ALT--
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