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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)Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher Education. (3)FICE--identification number assigned to each institution by the Federal Interagency Committee on Education for reporting and other purposes. (4)FTSE--the full-time student equivalent is determined by dividing the number of semester credit hours (SCH) generated at each level by a full-time standard for the level. For example: undergraduate SCH are divided by 15 (fall or spring semester) or 30 (annual); master's or first-professional SCH are divided by 12 (fall or spring semester) or 24 (annual); and doctoral SCH are divided by 9 (fall or spring semester) or 18 (annual). (5)Higher education teaching site--A teaching location at which one or several degree programs are offered on a regular basis. Teaching site does not refer to locations where program(s) are offered to cohorts only. (6)Multi-Institution Teaching Center (MITC)--An education center administered under a formal agreement between two or more public higher education institutions. It may also involve one or more private institutions. (7)Off-campus educational unit--a subdivision under the management and control of an existing public university, university system, health-related institution or a combination of these units, hereinafter referred to as the parent institution(s) in a geographic setting separate from the parent institution(s). (8)Parent institution--The general academic institution or health-related institution that offers its courses, programs or training at an off-campus educational unit. Credit hours are reported by the parent institution and degrees are awarded in the name of the parent institution. (9)Pathway Education Center--An off-campus educational unit that is on the Supply/Demand Pathway. (10)Regional Academic Health Center--A special purpose campus of parent health-related institution(s) that may be used to provide undergraduate clinical education, graduate education, including residency training programs, or other levels of medical education in specifically identified counties. (11)Supply/Demand Pathway--The Supply/Demand Pathway is a developmental approach to providing access which allows for the gradual increase of resources as demand grows, operating under the principle of avoiding over-commitment as well as under-commitment of state resources. (12)Texas CIP Classification System--The Texas adaptation of the Classification of Instructional Programs taxonomy developed by the National Center for Education Statistics and used nationally to classify instructional programs and report educational data. (13)University System Center--A higher education center administered by a university system or individual institution in a system.
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 February 12, 2003
TRD-200301048 Jan Greenberg
General Counsel
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Proposed date of adoption: April 24, 2003
For further information, please call: (512) 427-6162
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