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The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)Board--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2)Degree or certificate program--Any grouping of subject matter courses which, when satisfactorily completed by a student, will entitle the student to receive a degree or certificate from an institution of higher education. (3)Institution of higher education or institution--Any public technical institute, public junior college, public senior college or university, medical or dental unit, or other agency of higher education as defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003. (4)Low-Producing Degree Programs--Degree programs that do not meet the following minimum standards for degrees awarded in the program: (A)For career technical certificates, associate and bachelor's programs, an average of five degrees awarded per academic year, to total not fewer than twenty-five degrees awarded for any five-year period; (B)For master's programs, an average of three degrees awarded per academic year, to total not fewer than fifteen degrees awarded for any five-year period; and (C)For doctoral and special professional degrees, an average of two degrees awarded per academic year, to total not fewer than ten degrees awarded for any five-year period. (5)Permanent Exemption--Exemption for degree programs which removes them from the list of low-producing degree programs indefinitely. (6)Temporary Exemption--Exemption for degree programs which removes them from the consequences of low-producing degree programs for a defined period of time. (7)Related Degree Program--A degree program for which an institution may use common faculty and other resources. (8)Small class--Sections of a course offered by an institution that meets the following criteria: (A)Undergraduate classes with fewer than 10 registrants; or (B)Graduate classes with fewer than five graduate registrants; and (C)The primary type of instruction is reported as lecture, laboratory, or seminar in CBM 004 - Class Report.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has
been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of
the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on November 9, 2011
TRD-201104862 Bill Franz
General Counsel
Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board
Effective date: November 29, 2011
Proposal publication date: July 29, 2011
For further information, please call: (512) 427-6114
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