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TITLE 19 EDUCATION
PART 1TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
CHAPTER 5RULES APPLYING TO PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, HEALTH-RELATED INSTITUTIONS, AND/OR SELECTED PUBLIC COLLEGES OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN TEXAS
SUBCHAPTER CAPPROVAL OF NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, HEALTH-RELATED INSTITUTIONS, AND REVIEW OF EXISTING DEGREE PROGRAMS
RULE §5.46Criteria for New Doctoral Programs
ISSUE 10/26/2012
ACTION Proposed
Preamble No Rule Available
New doctoral programs must meet all of the following criteria:

  (1) - (7)(No change.)

  (8)On-Campus Residency Expectations.

    (A)(No change.)

    (B)Institutions are traditionally expected to meet these provisions through substantial on-campus residency requirements. Proposals to meet them in other, non-traditional ways (e.g., to enable distant delivery of a doctoral program) must provide persuasive and thorough documentation as to how each provision would be met and evaluated for the particular program and its students. Delivery of doctoral programs through distance education and/or off-campus instruction requires prior approval of the Board as specified in §4.261(3) [ §4.104(c)(3)] of this title (relating to Standards and Criteria for Distance Education Programs [Approval of Distance Education and Off-Campus Instruction for Public Colleges and Universities]).

  (9) - (15)(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 October 15, 2012

TRD-201205354

Bill Franz

General Counsel

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Proposed date of adoption: January 24, 2013

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

 

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