Higher Associate degree - may be considered to satisfy the general entrance requirements of British higher education institutions. Courses of a more vocational nature (Associate of Applied Arts or Science) may be considered comparable to the BTEC National Diploma/N/SVQ level three/Advanced GNVQ/GSVQ standard. Bachelor degree - diversity is the key to American higher education with more than 3,000 institutions offering post-secondary education. This means a uniform standard of Bachelor degree is impossible. Students who have attended a regionally accredited institution, have gained good grade-point averages (GPA - normally at least 3.0), both overall and in individual courses, have taken advanced-level courses in appropriate subjects, have accumulated sufficient credits in major courses (typically between thirty and fifty-four), and have good academic references, may be considered for admission to postgraduate study. For further information enquirers should contact the National Academic Recognition Information Centre (NARIC). NARIC does not comment on institutions which are not regionally accredited. Master's degree - in terms of specialisation, the American Master's degree from prestigious colleges and universities is considered comparable to the British Bachelor (Honours) degree. Candidates who have followed academically rigorous programmes have reached a standard comparable to that of a British taught Master's degree.
The above is quoted without other attribution and appears only under Lewcheck's name. This is directly lifted from a British Council web page or from an old AED post where the Council has been oft quoted WITH attribution. Web site is http://www.britishcouncil.org/eis/quusa.htm On the issue, read also the well respected, multi year, multi million dollar, 1700 page, UK government sponsored, Dearing Report for further analysis: (Full report available at) http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ncihe/index.htm EXTRACTED FROM DEARING REPORT Appendix 5 HE in Other Countries United States of America - Visit 1 (Section 7.21) "The team gained the impression, based on an inspection of syllabuses and examination papers, that the American high school diploma compares in standard with GCSE and the associate degree with GCE A-level and Advanced GNVQ, the bachelor’s degree with a UK pass degree or higher national diploma and the Master’s degree with a bachelor’s honours degree from a British university. Further evidence for this conclusion: Howard University in Washington, a university in which over 99 per cent of undergraduates are black, admits overseas applicants from the West Indies with five GCE O-level grades at A-C to the freshman year of their bachelor’s degree programme; Johns Hopkins, one of the most prestigious of the private universities, states in its prospectus that advanced placement is available for students entering with either International Baccalauréat or GCE A-level."
Shit, I was caught. Yes, I was trying to fool everyone that this was original thought, or something, because... I was going to sell this to... or I was trying to... I dunno. But thanks Lawrie for confirming what I already posted. If you keep researching everything I write you may become smart enough to get your next degree in 3 weeks.
Hello, Lawrie! Another source of information is the British Council in the United States. Please check this page out: http://www.britishcouncil.org/usa/education/eval&equiv.shtml I hope this helps. Take care, Karlos Alberto Lacaye [email protected]
I was educated in the UK, Ken. I spent 16 years in the education system there. I also hold two US regionally accredited degrees. I was researching this issue long before you'd ever thought of it. The contents of your post consisted entirely of a piece of work not your own and you offered no attribution except your own. That's a no no. It is clear that you are using this board to troll and bait, and to smear. You are an angry little man with a grudge who uses the safety of his keyboard to assault those he would not dare confront in the same way, face to face.
I've been watching you two go at it for about the past month now, and I have to say I think you'd make a nice couple. Have you thought of getting together and raising a family...? Just a thought. (*duck!*) Cheers, ------------------ Tom Head www.tomhead.net
I thought about it, however I don't think it would work out... I would want our kids to get a real education.
