19 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.228 - Internet Access to Course Information
(a) Each
public institution of higher education, other than a medical and dental unit,
shall make available to the public on the institution's Internet website the
following information for each undergraduate classroom course offered for
credit by the institution: a syllabus, a curriculum vitae for the instructor(s)
of record, and (if available) a departmental operating budget from the most
recent semester or other academic term during which the institution offered the
course. Links to existing data that meet legislative requirements may
suffice.
(b) If multiple sections
of a course use an identical syllabus with identical assignments and readings,
only one syllabus shall be posted. The curriculum vitae of each instructor(s)
of record for each section shall be posted.
(c) All course information described in
subsection (a) of this section must be:
(1)
accessible from the institution's Internet website home page by use of not more
than three links;
(2) searchable by
keywords and phrases;
(3)
accessible to the public without requiring registration or use of a user name,
a password, or another user identification;
(4) available not later than the seventh day
after the first day of classes for the semester or other academic term during
which the course is offered; and
(5) updated as soon as practicable after the
information changes, at least once for every semester in which the course is
offered.
(d) The
institution shall continue to make the information available on the
institution's Internet website until at least the second anniversary of the
date on which the institution initially posted the information. An up-to-date
curriculum vitae must be available for each instructor of each course for two
years after the course is taught.
(e) Institutions shall conduct end-of-course
student evaluations of faculty for each undergraduate classroom course as
defined in §
4.227(10) of
this title, and develop a plan to make evaluations publicly available on the
institution's website.
(f) The
governing body of the institution shall designate an administrator to be
responsible for ensuring implementation of this section. Not later than January
1 of each odd-numbered year, each institution of higher education shall submit
a written report regarding the institution's compliance with this section to
the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
representatives, and the presiding officer of each legislative standing
committee with primary jurisdiction over higher education.
(g) Institutions must begin compliance with
these rules no later than August 15, 2010.
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