August 4, 2000
High-School-Equivalency Diplomas Are on the Rise
High-school angst. Who needs it when you can get a diploma another way?
The number of people who earned general high-school-equivalency diplomas (G.E.D.'s) increased by 4.5 percent last year, to 526,411, largely because of new military recruiting programs and societal changes, the G.E.D. Testing Service said in a report in July.
Nearly 860,000 adults participated in the testing program, which is sponsored by the American Council on Education.
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