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probablyunderrepresented.More than 90 percent of those responding placeeither a major or moderate emphasis on educational credentials,withlarger companies tending to emphasize them more than sma].ler  \ncompanies.Overall,about 18 percent of the employees covered in thestudy are_working in positions that require less than a high schooldiploma.Twenty-three percent of the responding companies have nojobs that require less than_a high school diploma.About half of thecompanies in the study sample have fewer than 8 percent of theiremployees in jobs requiring less than a high school diploma,andapproximately 15 percent of the companies have 50 percent or more oftheir employees in such jobs,About 38 percent of the employees areworking.in positions requiring a high school diploma or equivalencycredential,and about 16 percent of the positions require  \ncertification beyond the high school level.About 25 percent of thosesurveyed request a copy of job applicants'educational credentials,and nearly 40 percent request a copy of applicants'educationaltranscripts.(MN)  \n★from the original document.                     *************************★**★★*★★*★*★*********★*************★★**********  \nUB DEPAATMENT OF EDUCATIONEQUCATONAL RESOURCES INFORMATIONCENTER(ERIC)  \n# Educational Credentials in Employment:A Nationwide Survey\n\n□Ths document has been reproduced arecerved from the perion or org8,izationonOrnating it              \n口Minor chanoe hw een made oinproyereproducton qualty  \nAndrew G.Malizio and Douglas R.WhitneyAmerican Council on Education  \nPonts ol vew oropinionsstated inths document do nol necesrly represent ofcIIOERI positor or policy  \n## ABSTRACT\n\nThis nationwide survey was designed to determine the roleof educational credentials in the employment practices ofcompanies and institutions in the private sector.Fifteenhundred members of the American Society for Personnel Ad-ministration were asked to indicate their company's em-phasis on educational credentials in its emp'oyinent practicesand to rate the importance of var sus skills and attitudes formost employees in jobs that require not more than a highschool diploma or equivalency credential.Employers re-ported placing considerable emphasis on educational cre-dentials.About one-fourth of the companies have no jobs foradults with less han a high school diploma or equivalencycredential.At approximately half of the companies,personshired with less than a high sch liploma can enhance theiropportunities for promotion wy obtaining a high schoolequivalency credential.  \n66819203  \n## INTRODUCTION\n\nDuring fall 1983,the American Council on Education's Of-fice on Educational Credit and Credentials conducted anationwide survey entitled Educational Credentials in Em-ployment.²The study was co-sponsored by the AmericanSociety for Personnel Administration(ASPA)and theAmerican Society for Training and Development(ASTD).The survey focused on 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