10 Miss. Code. R. 201-1.2 - Power and Authority of the Commission
A. To adopt standards which are in keeping with the best educational practices in accreditation;
B. To establish rules and regulations for implementing institution or entity approval processes;
C. To receive reports from the institutions or entities seeking to be placed on the approved list;
D. To annually review the above-described public and private postsecondary, academic degree-granting institutions or entities;
E. To authorize and maintain an approved list of public and private postsecondary, academic degree-granting institutions and other entities which offer one or more postsecondary academic degrees and are domiciled, incorporated, or otherwise located in Mississippi;
F. To establish fees to be paid by participating institutions or entities to cover the Commission's direct and indirect administrative costs incurred by the Commission of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning on the Commission's behalf;
G. To execute site visits when deemed necessary by the Commission;
H. To appoint evaluation teams;
I. To prescribe duties necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the Commission;
J. To request the State Attorney General or district attorneys to act on its behalf in bringing court action; and
K. To enter into and administer interstate reciprocity agreements that allow Mississippi institutions or entities to offer postsecondary distance education.
Exempt from MCCA
A. Proprietary schools and colleges subject to regulation under Miss. Code Ann. 75-60-1 et. Seq. (Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration (CPSCR) -career/occupational schools);
B. Entities under jurisdiction of the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, State Board of Massage Therapy;
C. Tuition free courses or instruction conducted by employers exclusively for their own employees; and
D. Entities that offer instruction in subjects that are determined to be primarily for personal improvement or cultural purposes and that do not represent to the public that the course of study or instruction will or may produce income for those who take that course of study or instruction; or that the course of study or instruction is transferable to an academic degree granting, accredited institution of higher education.
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A. To adopt standards which are in keeping with the best educational practices in accreditation;
B. To establish rules and regulations for implementing institution approval processes;
C. To receive reports from the institutions seeking to be placed on the approved list;
D. To annually review the above-described public and private postsecondary, academic degree-granting institutions;
E. To authorize and maintain an approved list of public and private postsecondary, academic degree-granting institutions and other entities which offer one or more postsecondary academic degrees and are domiciled, incorporated, or otherwise located in Mississippi;
F. To establish fees to be paid by participating institutions to cover the Commission's direct and indirect administrative costs incurred by the Commission of by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning on the Commission's behalf;
G. To execute site visits when deemed necessary by the Commission;
H. To appoint evaluation teams;
I. To prescribe duties necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the Commission;
J. To request the State Attorney General or district attorneys to act on its behalf in bringing court action; and
K. To enter into and administer interstate reciprocity agreements that allow Mississippi institutions to offer postsecondary distance education.
Exempt from MCCA
A. Entities with oversight boards (barber/cosmetology schools)
B. Proprietary schools and colleges subject to regulation under Section 75-60-1 et seq. (career/occupational schools registered with the Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration (CPSCR)