19 Tex. Admin. Code § 9.1 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Academic associate
degree--An associate degree that will satisfy the lower-division requirements
for a baccalaureate degree in a specific discipline.
(2) Academic courses--Semester credit courses
included or allowed under the provisions of the Lower-Division Academic Course
Guide Manual designed for college transfer to institutions of higher education
in completion of associate and baccalaureate degree programs.
(3) Applied associate degree--An associate
degree intended to lead directly to employment following graduation and may
satisfy the lower-division requirements for a baccalaureate degree in a
specific discipline.
(4) Associate
degree program--A grouping of courses designed to lead the individual directly
to employment in a specific career or to transfer to an upper-level
baccalaureate program. This specifically refers to the associate of arts (AA),
associate of science (AS), associate of applied arts (AAA), associate of
applied science (AAS), and the associate of occupational studies (AOS) degrees.
The term "applied" in an associate degree name indicates a program designed to
qualify students for immediate employment.
(5) Career Technical/Workforce program--An
applied associate degree program or a certificate program for which semester
credit hours, quarter credit hours, or continuing education units are awarded
and which is intended to prepare students for immediate employment or a job
upgrade in a specific occupation.
(6) Board or Coordinating Board--The Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(7) Certificate program--Workforce programs
designed for entry-level employment or for upgrading skills and knowledge
within an occupation. Certificate programs serve as building blocks and exit
points for AAS degree programs.
(8)
Commissioner of Higher Education or Commissioner--The chief executive officer
of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(9) Compelling Academic Reason--A
justification for an associate's degree program consisting of more than 60
semester credit hours. Acceptable justifications may include, but are not
limited to, programmatic accreditation requirements, statutory requirements,
and requirements for licensure/certification of graduates.
(10) Concurrent course credit--See "Dual
credit."
(11) Continuing education
unit or CEU--Ten (10) contact hours of participation in an organized continuing
education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and
qualified instruction, as outlined in the Guidelines for Instructional Programs
in Workforce Education.
(12)
Contract instruction--Postsecondary workforce education and training in which
specific instruction is provided by a public two-year college or a non-Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)-accredited
organization to a contracting entity. This arrangement is utilized when
conventional methodology or instructional systems are difficult or impossible
to obtain.
(13) Contractual
agreements--Agreements or contracts between public two-year colleges and one of
the following:
(A) a non-SACSCOC-accredited
organization, for postsecondary instructional services that could not be
offered otherwise;
(B) a public
secondary school, for instructional services that could not be offered
otherwise; or
(C) another
SACSCOC-accredited institution of higher education, whether public or
independent.
(14)
Developmental courses--Courses designed to correct academic deficiencies and
bring students' skills to an appropriate level for entry into
college.
(15) Distance
education--Classes in which the majority of the instruction occurs when the
student and instructor are not in the same physical setting. A class is
considered a distance education class if students receive more than one-half of
the instruction at a distance. Distance education can be delivered
synchronously or asynchronously to any single or multiple location(s):
(A) other than the main campus of a senior
institution (or "on campus"), where the primary office of the chief executive
officer of the campus is located;
(B) outside the boundaries of the taxing
authority of a community college district; or
(C) via instructional telecommunications to
any other distance location, including electronic delivery of all
types.
(16) Dual
credit--A process by which a high school student enrolls in a college course
and receives simultaneous academic credit for the course from both the college
and the high school. While dual credit courses are often taught on the
secondary school campus to high school students only, §
4.84 of this title (relating to
Institutional Agreements) and §
4.85 of this title (relating to
Dual Credit Requirements), also apply when a high school student takes a course
on the college campus and receives both high school and college credit. Dual
credit is also referred to as concurrent course credit; the terms are
equivalent. However, dual (or concurrent) enrollment refers to a circumstance
in which a student is enrolled in more than one educational institution
(including a high school and a college).
(17) Governing board--The body charged with
policy direction of any public community college district, the technical
college system, public state college, public senior college or university,
career school or college, or other educational agency including but not limited
to boards of directors, boards of regents, boards of trustees, and independent
school district boards.
(18)
Governing board, Tech-Prep consortium--Consists at a minimum of representatives
of each educational entity that participates in a Tech-Prep consortium which
determines the policies and operations of the Tech-Prep consortium in
accordance with its written by-laws and fiscal agency and personnel agreements.
A representative may represent multiple entities as agreed upon by the
participating consortium members.
(19) Guidelines for Instructional Programs in
Workforce Education (GIPWE)--A Coordinating Board-approved publication
containing policies and procedures related to the design, development,
proposal, approval, operation, and evaluation of career technical/workforce
education courses and programs for Texas public institutions of higher
education and career schools and colleges.
(20) Independent institution of higher
education--A private or independent college or university that is:
(A) organized under the Texas Non-Profit
Corporation Act;
(B) exempt from
taxation under Article V, §2, of the Texas Constitution and §
501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code; and
(C) accredited by
the SACSCOC.
(21)
Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM)--A Coordinating
Board-approved publication listing academic courses that public two-year
colleges can teach and report for contact hour reimbursement from state
appropriations without special approval from the Board.
(22) Public community college--Any public
junior college or public community college as defined in Texas Education Code,
§
61.003 and §
130.005, and whose
role, mission, and purpose is outlined in Texas Education Code, §
130.0011 and §
130.003.
(23) Public two-year college--Any public
junior college, public community college, public technical institute, or public
state college as defined in Texas Education Code, §
61.003.
(24) Related-instruction--Relates to §
9.27 of this title (relating to
Related-Instruction for Apprenticeship Programs), organized off-the-job
classroom instruction in theoretical or technical subjects required for the
completion of an apprenticeship program.
(25) Remedial and compensatory--All courses
designated as developmental or remedial in the Lower-Division Academic Course
Guide Manual. These courses are designed to address academic deficiencies and
may not be offered for college degree credit.
(26) Remedial courses--Courses for high
school students designed to correct academic deficiencies and bring students'
skills to an appropriate level for graduation from high school.
(27) Voluntary statewide transfer compact--A
set of courses, up to the level of an academic associate degree, that will
satisfy the lower-division requirements of a baccalaureate degree in a specific
discipline. A voluntary statewide transfer compact must:
(A) have the same rigor and content as the
equivalent course work in the baccalaureate program offered at a general
academic teaching institution;
(B)
minimize the time and course work required to complete a baccalaureate
degree;
(C) be consistent with the
common course numbering system approved by the Board and the recommendations
and rules of the Board; and
(D)
include only course work directly applicable to the requirements of the
baccalaureate degree program(s) with which it is
associated.
(28)
Technical courses or programs--Workforce education courses or programs for
which semester/quarter credit hours are awarded.
(29) Tech-Prep consortium--A collaboration of
educational entities and, at local option, employer and labor organizations,
and universities defined in the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
Improvement Act of 2006, as amended, and the Texas Education Code, Chapter 61,
Subchapter T, Tech-Prep Education, which work together to implement a tech-prep
program.
(30) Unique need academic
course--An academic course created by a two-year college to meet a specific
lower-division requirement of a baccalaureate degree program that cannot be met
by an existing course in the Lower Division Academic Course Guide
Manual.
(31) Workforce continuing
education course--A course offered for continuing education units (CEUs) with
an occupationally specific objective and supported by state funding. A career
technical/workforce continuing education course differs from a community
service course offered for recreational or a vocational purposes and is not
supported by state funding.
(32)
Workforce education--Career technical/workforce courses and programs for which
semester/quarter credit hours and/or continuing education units are awarded.
Career technical/workforce education courses and programs prepare students for
immediate employment or job upgrade within specific occupational
categories.
(33) Workforce Education
Course Manual (WECM)--An online database composed of the Coordinating Board's
official statewide inventory of career technical/workforce education courses
available for two-year public colleges to use in certificate and associate
degree programs.
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