(a) - (b)(No change.) (c)The supply/demand pathway consists of three categories: (1)(No change.) (2)Category B. As demand increases, offerings may be organized through a multi-institution teaching center or as a university system center as a Pathway Education Center. A group of institutions may request that the Board authorize the establishment of a MITC. Alternatively, a university system may request that the Board authorize the establishment of a university system center. In either case, a lead institution shall [should] be designated to provide leadership for the center and facilitate the provision of programs and resources from other institutions. (3)(No change.) (d)Counting. The following general criteria and standards will be used to determine enrollments applicable to the Supply/Demand Pathway thresholds. [Reporting. Institutions will report enrollments at centers on the pathway and all off-campus educational units according to guidelines set up by the Commissioner. For the purpose of establishing the need for a new institution of higher education and meeting the enrollment threshold of 3,500 FTE students established in paragraph (3) of this section, internet-based courses and other courses offered in non-traditional formats that do not require the physical presence of the student at the center for a normal number of contact hours will not generally be counted. Exceptions to this general rule may be allowed if prior agreements are made with the Commissioner, but such exceptions will generally only be made for courses that are substantially supported from the center and represent a significant on-going educational need that can most effectively be served from the center.] (1)Upper-division and graduate semester credit hours generated in academic courses delivered by the parent universities or by other institutions to on-site students at a Pathway Education Center (PEC) shall be counted towards the relevant Supply/Demand Pathway (SDP) threshold. (2)Upper-division and graduate semester credit hours generated in academic courses delivered electronically to students on-site at a Pathway Education Center shall be counted towards the SDP threshold. For interactive video courses that originate at a PEC, only students taking the course at the PEC shall be counted. (3)Upper-division and graduate semester credit hours generated in academic Internet-based courses and other courses offered in non-traditional formats that do not require the physical presence of the student at a PEC for a normal number of contact hours shall not be counted. (4)Lower-division semester credit hours generated in academic courses offered at PECs shall not be counted towards the thresholds. (5)Enrollments in extension courses, continuing education and non-formula funded courses shall not be counted towards the thresholds. (6)Semester credit hours generated in courses that do not receive formula funding (e.g., military science, theology and religious vocations, some basic skills, personal awareness) shall not be counted toward the thresholds.
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 April 29, 2004
TRD-200402874 Jan Greenberg
General Counsel
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Proposed date of adoption: July 15, 2004
For further information, please call: (512) 427-6114
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