The Global Institute of Lansing

Program Overview

The Global Institute of Lansing is a non-profit organization that aims to provide adult refugees and immigrants in the Lansing area educational assistance and the means to attain an accredited high school diploma in an atmosphere of peace, respect, encouragement, and inspiration.

Enrollment Criteria & Process

• Students must be a refugee, asylee, or other eligible immigrant.
• Students must be 18 years or older and not be able to graduate from a local high school due to age limit.
• Students that are currently enrolled in high school (18 & 19 years old), must provide a transcript or letter from their high school counselor or principal stating that they will not be able to graduate before aging out based on credits already earned.
• Any student who has attended high school in the United States will need to provide a transcript for credit transfer evaluation (within 30 days of enrollment).
• If a student has a high school transcript from another country, the transcript will need to be translated (if not in English) and evaluated by Scholaro.
• All students must complete the CASAS English pre-test AND be at a 4th grade reading level or higher in order to enroll (83R/84R test booklet or higher). If a prospective student scores at a 3rd grade level, then they can enroll in a Pre-GIL class to work on academic English and can retest periodically. Any prospective students that score below a 3rd grade level will be referred to a community based ESOL program.

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