{"id":3472,"date":"2017-10-23T09:16:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T13:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/?page_id=3472"},"modified":"2025-05-28T14:14:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T18:14:33","slug":"equivalencies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/job-opportunities\/equivalencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Educational Equivalencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University uses educational equivalencies in determining if a potential applicant meets the <strong>minimum\u00a0 education\u00a0<\/strong>requirements as defined in the position description and job posting.\u00a0 For example, if a candidate doesn\u2019t have the required Bachelor\u2019s or Master\u2019s degree listed in the job posting\/description, he\/she may still be considered for the job pending that they have previous work experience.\u00a0 \u201cSignificant position related experience\u201d may count towards educational requirements.\u00a0 For the purpose of awarding educational equivalency, \u201csignificant position related experience\u201d is defined as working in a role where the essential job functions are primarily the same as the job in which you are applying.<\/p>\n<p>Even though an individual may meet the minimum requirements, the hiring official may prefer additional education, experience, etc. and in many cases the most qualified and successful applicants have education and experience above and beyond the minimum requirements.<\/p>\n<p>In evaluating educational equivalencies, the following general guidelines apply:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Degrees: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Doctoral degree<\/strong> = No Equivalency Granted<\/li>\n<li><strong>JD<\/strong> (Jurist Doctorate) = No Equivalency Granted<\/li>\n<li><strong>Masters degree<\/strong> = Bachelors degree + 5 years of significant position related experience<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bachelors degree<\/strong> = Associates degree + 5 years of significant position related experience<\/li>\n<li><strong>Associates degree<\/strong> = 5 years of significant position related experience<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vocational\/Technical\/Trade Schools<\/strong> = 4 years of significant position related experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note: There is no educational equivalency for required certifications and\/or licensures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marshallu.na1.adobesign.com\/public\/esignWidget?wid=CBFCIBAA3AAABLblqZhDIR2URo1WlMzlVUNtrL-ZVni77dWrNnss_v-0YWJb1vBQC0_euSB_zSYKIK6aLi0E*\">Educational Equivalence Form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University uses educational equivalencies in determining if a potential applicant meets the minimum\u00a0 education\u00a0requirements as defined in the position description and job posting.\u00a0 For example, if a candidate doesn\u2019t have the required Bachelor\u2019s or Master\u2019s degree listed in the job posting\/description, he\/she may still be considered for the job pending that they have previous<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":0,"parent":153,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3472","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3472"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16605,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3472\/revisions\/16605"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}