In Matter of NCS Pearson, Inc., (2015 PERM 110, January 24,
2019), BALCA reversed the decision of the CO who denied the PERM
labor application because the employer did not specify the exact
combination of education, training, and experience equivalent to a
bachelor's degree that would be acceptable. BALCA held that the
language used by the employer was acceptable to indicate that it
would accept as an alternative to a bachelor's degree
"[a]ny combination of edu, tng, and/or exp equivalent to a
bachelor's degree as determined by written
eval.""
Note, however, that the degree equivalence, as stated, relates
to the evaluation of an academic diploma that is not based on
purely academic studies, and, as such, does not support a 2nd
Preference application requiring an advanced degree or a
3rdPreference Professional requiring a Bachelor's Degree.
