Sentence examples for or equivalency from inspiring English sources

That's true, I told her; having a high school diploma or equivalency can raise your lifetime income by hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Those among them with the most common amount of education have earned a high school diploma or equivalency degree, and more than half of them are paid less than $30,000 a year.

A high school or equivalency diploma is also a requirement, and many who enroll have more; among the 257 participants, 29percentt had associate's or bachelor's degrees and 8percentt had master's or doctoral degrees, Mr. Armiento said.

An investigation revealed that four of the candidates had submitted fake high school diplomas or equivalency certificates, and two had submitted degrees from Belford University, an online diploma mill, according to the Department of Investigation.

Many of those graduates end up at CUNY, one of the nation's largest urban higher-education systems, which requires its community colleges to take every applicant with a high school diploma or equivalency degree.

The move is aimed in large part at recalling the roots of the policy's educational mission from the mid-1980s: It will reintegrate curriculums so that students can stay on track to recover credits, take Regents exams and earn high school diplomas or equivalency diplomas in their time behind bars.

So-called Dreamers cannot have felony or serious misdemeanor convictions, and they must have five consecutive years of residency in the U.S. In addition, they must either be in school or have earned a high school or general equivalency diploma.

The Dream Act would provide a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who arrived in the United States before age 16, resided in the country for five years, earned a high school diploma or an equivalency degree and then completed two years of college or military service.

Detailed information on the highest level of school completed was collected and the variable was categorized as "less than high school degree" (high school not completed), "high school degree" (high school diploma or general equivalency diploma), and "more than high school degree" (some college, vocational, or technical school; associate's degree; Bachelor's, Master's, or professional degree).

Those serving sentences of two years or less are required to attend Island Academy there, to work toward a G.E.D., or general equivalency diploma.

Only those students who attended high school in Colorado for at least three years and received their high school or general equivalency diplomas here are eligible.