206-30 Wyo. Code R. §§ 30-5 - Definitions

(a) "Accredited" means accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.

(b) "Agent" means any person representing a private degree granting post secondary education institution, who solicits business or students in any public school within the State. This includes those individuals employed to solicit resident students by schools or institutions located outside the State which are similar to schools or institutions specified under Wyo. Stat. § 21-2-402.

(c) "Applicant" means any private degree granting post secondary education institution seeking registration by the Department under these rules.

(d) "Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the State of Wyoming.

(e) "Candidate institution" means a private degree granting post secondary education institution licensed to operate or to business under Wyo. Stat.§ 21-2-401 et seq. prior to July 1, 2006 that is a candidate for accreditation or institution otherwise in the application process that has applied for accreditation with an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education and is being considered for candidacy status for accreditation by that association and is in the process of gathering information and performing activities requested by that association to complete the application process.

(f) "Degree" means any award, earned or honorary, conferred with the designation of associate, baccalaureate, master, professional, specialist or doctorate.

(g) "Department" means the Wyoming Department of Education as established by Wyo. Stat. § 21-2-204.

(h) "Distance education" means the teacher and student are physically separated by time or space and connected by means of communications source used to provide synchronous or asynchronous instruction.

(i) "Private degree granting post secondary education institution" means any institution, all trade, correspondence, distance education, technical, business, or other private schools, offering a degree, earned or honorary, conferred with the designation of associate, baccalaureate, master, professional, specialist or doctorate; may be referred to as "institution" in this document.

(j) "Proof of accreditation" means a statement of affiliation status, a certificate of accreditation, or formal notification from a recognized accreditation agency as accepted by the Department.

(k) "Prospective institutions" means an accredited private degree granting post secondary education institution that has not obtained registration from the Department that enters with the intent operating and doing business in the state of Wyoming.

(l) "Recognized accreditation agency" means an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.

(m) "Registration" means a non-transferable certificate granted and issued by the Wyoming Department of Education to a private degree granting post secondary education institution.

(n) "Superintendent" means the Wyoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction as established by the Wyo. Const. Art. 7, §14 and Wyo. Stat. § 21-2-201.

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206-30 Wyo. Code R. §§ 30-5