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TITLE 19 EDUCATION
PART 1TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
CHAPTER 4RULES APPLYING TO ALL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN TEXAS
SUBCHAPTER RREVIEW OF LOW-PRODUCING DEGREE PROGRAMS
RULE §4.287Definitions
ISSUE 02/03/2012
ACTION Proposed
Rule Withdrawn: 02/24/2012
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

  (1) - (3)(No change.)

  (4)Low-Producing Degree Programs--Degree programs that do not meet the following minimum standards for degrees awarded in the program:

    (A)Prior to the FY2010 - FY2014 Annual Report of Low-Producing Programs:

      (i)[(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;

      (ii)[(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

      (iii)[(C)] For doctoral degree-research/scholarship and a doctoral degree-professional practice [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.

     (B)Beginning with the FY2010 - FY2014 Annual Report of Low-Producing Programs:

      (i)For career technical certificates, associate and bachelor's programs, an average of eight degrees awarded per academic year, to total not fewer than forty degrees awarded for any five-year period;

      (ii)For master'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; and

      (iii)For a doctoral degree-research/scholarship and a doctoral degree-professional practice, an average of three degrees awarded per academic year, to total not fewer than fifteen degrees awarded for any five-year period.

  (5) - (8)(No change.)

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on January 23, 2012

TRD-201200287

Bill Franz

General Counsel

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Proposed date of adoption: April 25, 2012

For further information, please call: (512) 427-6114



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