| (a) The eligibility criteria for a general academic
teaching institution to receive distributions from the Fund include:
having an entering freshman class of high academic achievement; receiving
recognition of research capabilities and scholarly attainment of the
institution; having a high-quality faculty; and demonstrating commitment
to high-quality graduate education.
(b) A general academic teaching institution is eligible
to receive an initial distribution from the Fund appropriated for
each state fiscal year if:
(1) the institution is designated as an emerging research
university under the coordinating board's accountability system;
(2) in each of the two state fiscal years preceding
the state fiscal year for which the appropriation is made, the institution
expended at least $45 million in restricted research funds; and
(3) the institution satisfies at least four of the
following six criteria:
(A) the value of the institution's endowment funds
is at least $400 million in each of the two state fiscal years preceding
the state fiscal year for which the appropriation is made;
(B) the institution awarded at least 200 doctor of
philosophy degrees during each of the two academic years preceding
the state fiscal year for which the appropriation is made;
(C) in each of the two academic years preceding the
state fiscal year for which the appropriation is made, the entering
freshman class of the institution demonstrated high academic achievement
as reflected in the following criteria:
(i) At least 50 percent of the first-time entering
freshman class students at the institution are in the top 25 percent
of their high school class; or
(ii) The average SAT score of first-time entering freshman
class students at or above the 75th percentile of SAT scores was equal
to or greater than 1210 prior to fall 2017, consisting of the Critical
Reading (CR) and Mathematics (M) Components, or equal to or greater
than 1280 starting with fall 2017, consisting of the Evidence-Based
Reading and Writing (ERW) and Mathematics (M) Components, or the average
ACT score of first-time entering freshman class students at or above
the 75th percentile of ACT scores was equal to or greater than 26;
and
(iii) The composition of the institution's first-time
entering freshman class demonstrates progress toward reflecting the
population of the state or the institution's region with respect to
underrepresented students and shows a commitment to improving the
academic performance of underrepresented students. One way in which
this could be accomplished is by active participation in one of the
Federal TRIO Programs, such as having one or more McNair Scholars
in a particular cohort.
(D) the institution is designated as a member of the
Association of Research Libraries, has a Phi Beta Kappa chapter, or
is a member of Phi Kappa Phi;
(E) in each of the two academic years preceding the
state fiscal year for which the appropriation is made, the faculty
of the institution was of high quality as reflected in the following:
(i) There must be five or more recognitions of national
or international distinction of tenured/tenure-track faculty through
membership in one of the National Academies (including National Academy
of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Academy
of Medicine), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, or through
receiving a Nobel Prize; or
(ii) The annual number of awards of national and international
distinction received by tenured/tenure-track faculty during a given
academic year in any of the following categories is equal to or greater
than 7 for each year.
(I) American Academy of Nursing Fellows
(II) American Council of Learned Societies Fellows
(III) American Law Institute Members
(IV) Beckman Young Investigators
(V) Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award Winners
(VI) Cottrell Scholars
(VII) Getty Scholars in Residence
(VIII) Guggenheim Fellows
(IX) Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators
(X) Lasker Medical Research Award Winners
(XI) MacArthur Foundation Fellows
(XII) Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Distinguished Achievement
Award Winners
(XIII) National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows
(XIV) National Humanities Center Fellows
(XV) National Institutes of Health MERIT (R37) Winners
(XVI) National Medal of Science Winners
(XVII) National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Winners
(XVIII) National Science Foundation CAREER Award Winners
(excluding those who are also PECASE winners)
(XIX) Newberry Library Long-term Fellows
(XX) Pew Scholars in Biomedicine
(XXI) Pulitzer Prize Winners
(XXII) Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists
and Engineers (PECASE) Winners
(XXIII) Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellows
(XXIV) Searle Scholars
(XXV) Sloan Research Fellows
(XXVI) Fellows of the Woodrow Wilson Center
(iii) In lieu of meeting either clause (i) or (ii)
of this subparagraph, an institution may request that a comprehensive
review of the faculty in five of the institution's Doctoral degree
programs be conducted by external consultants selected by Coordinating
Board staff in consultation with the institution and said review must
demonstrate that the faculty are comparable to and competitive with
faculty in similar programs at public institutions in the Association
of American Universities. Costs for the review shall be borne by the
institution. This review is only available if the institution has
already met or, as determined by Coordinating Board staff, is on track
to meet three of the other eligibility criteria listed in subparagraphs
(A) - (D) of this paragraph;
(F) in each of the two academic years preceding the
state fiscal year for which the appropriation is made, the institution
has demonstrated a commitment to high-quality graduate education as
reflected in the following:
(i) The number of Graduate-level programs at the institution
is equal to or greater than 50;
(ii) The Master's Graduation Rate at the institution
is 56 percent or higher and the Doctoral Graduation Rate is 58 percent
or higher; and
(iii) The institution must demonstrate that the overall
commitment to five Doctoral degree programs, including the financial
support for Doctoral degree students, is competitive with that of
comparable high-quality programs at public institutions in the Association
of American Universities. The five Doctoral degree programs selected
for this review must be those selected in subparagraph (E)(iii) of
this paragraph or, if subparagraph (E)(iii) of this paragraph is not
chosen by the institution, then any five Doctoral degree programs
at the institution. Costs for the review shall be borne by the institution.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §15.43 adopted to be effective February 23, 2011, 36 TexReg 920; amended to be effective November 29, 2011, 36 TexReg 8019; amended to be effective June 6, 2016, 41 TexReg 3999; amended to be effective November 24, 2019, 44 TexReg 7048 |
