Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 1050 - APPROVAL OF NEW UNITS OF INSTRUCTION, RESEARCH AND PUBLIC SERVICE AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS › Section 1050.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Ability to benefit" means a standard for admission by which a
				student who does not possess a high school diploma or GED has demonstrated that
				he or she can profit materially or personally from a certain course of study
				through passage of an ability to benefit test or alternative pathways that have
				been approved by the U.S. Department of Education and administered in
				compliance with U.S. Department of Education guidelines related to ability to
				benefit policies and procedures outlined in federal financial aid
				regulations.
"Annual listing of changes" means the annual notification to
				the Board of one or more of the following:
Addition of an externally funded research or public service
				activity labeled as a center or institute because of grant requirements. The
				activity is temporary, not formally organized, and has no continuous
				mission.
Change in a degree title (e.g., the name of a discipline or
				major without changes in objectives or content, such as the change from
				"medical technology" to "clinical laboratory sciences").
Change in the name of an administrative (including
				departments), research or public service unit.
Elimination, temporary suspension or phase-down of an existing
				board-approved program.
Reorganization, restructuring, consolidation, elimination and
				other changes of existing administrative (including departments), research or
				public service units that do not result in an increase in subunits.
Creation of a certificate program in a field in which there is
				a previously approved degree program (e.g., undergraduate certificates at
				Levels 1 and 2 from a prior approved bachelor's program; post-baccalaureate
				certificates at Level 5 from a prior approved master's program).
Creation of a joint degree program from two previously approved
				programs.
"Board" refers to the Board of Higher Education.
"Board of Control" means one of the following:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board
				of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago
				State University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University, the
				Board of Trustees of Governors State University, the Board of Trustees of
				Illinois State University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
				University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, the Board of
				Trustees of Western Illinois University, the Illinois Community College Board,
				or the campuses under their governance or supervision.
"Certificate or degree program" means a formal award that is
				included in an institution's catalog and completion of which is noted on
				students' official transcripts certifying the satisfactory completion of
				undergraduate, post-baccalaureate or graduate organized program of study at an
				institution.
"Credit hour" means an amount of work represented in intended
				learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an
				institutionally established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less
				than:
One hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a
				minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work each week for approximately
				15 weeks for one semester or trimester hour of credit, or 10 to 12 weeks for
				one quarter hour of credit, or the equivalent amount of work over a different
				period of time; or
Documented student learning outcomes and evidence of student
				achievement resulting from a program provided through an alternative delivery
				method that demonstrates equivalency to those competencies achieved through
				traditional classroom delivery; or
At least an equivalent amount of student work as required to
				achieve intended learning outcomes or competencies as verified by evidence of
				student achievement for other academic activities established by the
				institution, including prior learning assessment, laboratory work, internships,
				practica, studio work and other academic work leading to the award of each
				credit hour.
"Degree" means any designation, appellation, series of letters
				or words, or other symbol that signifies or purports to signify that the
				recipient has satisfactorily completed an organized program of study of at
				least one year beyond the secondary school level. It shall include, but not be
				limited to, the following: certificate, associate, bachelor, post-baccalaureate
				certificate, master, post-master certificate, doctor's degree - professional
				practice (degree required for entry into specific profession such as law or
				medicine), and doctor's degree - research and scholarship.
"Dual credit" means an instructional arrangement in which an
				academically qualified student currently enrolled in high school enrolls in a
				college-level course and, upon successful course completion, concurrently earns
				both college credit and high school credit.
"Faculty" means any individual or group of individuals who are
				qualified by education and experience to give expert instruction and evaluation
				in their specialties, to supervise curricular experiences, and to evaluate
				learning for credit.
"General education" provides students with a broad foundation
				of study upon which to build an undergraduate education.
"Home campus" is also known as "in-region". Both "home campus"
				and "in-region" are defined as the Board approved region within which the
				institution's original campus would have been located had the regions existed
				at that time.
"Mediated instruction" means, for the purposes of this Part,
				the delivery of instruction at a distance facilitated by technology, such as
				via teleconferencing, video-conferencing, or internet.
"New branch" or "new campus" means a new site that houses a
				full range of instruction, as well as administrative and support
				services.
A "branch" is an administrative unit of an institution that has
				a continuing educational mission and serves as a secondary instructional site
				for the institution.
A "campus" is an organized administrative unit of an
				institution that has a continuing educational mission and serves as a primary
				instructional site for the institution.
A "new branch" or "new campus" is characterized by the
				following criteria: the site offers courses in educational programs leading to
				a degree, certificate or other recognized educational credential; it is
				permanent in nature; it has its own faculty and administrative or supervisory
				organization; and has its own budgetary and hiring authority.
"New instructional location" means an additional out-of-region
				instructional site separate from a branch or campus at which 50 percent or more
				of a program is offered, but that otherwise does not meet the definition of a
				new branch or campus. A new location does not constitute a new branch or campus
				unless the site meets the other criteria in the definition of a branch or
				campus. For programs that are currently authorized by the Board, institutions
				may request a reasonable and moderate extension request to add the program to
				an out-of-region new instructional location.
"New geographical location" is also known as "out-of-region".
				Both "new geographical location" and "out-of-region" sites are those sites
				located outside of the region within which the institution's original campus
				would have been located had the regions existed at that time.
"New unit of instruction" means one or more of the
				following:
Any new organized program of study beyond the secondary school
				level that results in the formal award of a degree to a student.
Any organized program of study beyond the secondary school
				level that is offered at a new geographical location and results in the award
				to a student of an existing degree (i.e., one that is currently granted by the
				institution).
Any new formally organized administrative entity that would
				have a continuing instructional mission, including but not limited to a campus,
				branch, college, school, department or division.
"New unit of instruction, research or public service"
				includes the establishment of a college, school, division, institute,
				department or other unit in any field of instruction, research or public
				service not previously included in the program of the institution, and includes
				the establishment of any new branch or campus. The term does not include
				reasonable and moderate extensions of existing curricula, research, or public
				service programs that have a direct relationship to existing programs; the
				Board may, under its rulemaking power, define the character of reasonable and
				moderate extensions
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				110 ILCS
				205/7 ]
"New unit of public service" means any new formally organized
				administrative entity that would have a continuing public service mission,
				including but not limited to a school, department, division, institute or
				center.
"New unit of research" means any new formally organized
				administrative entity that would have a continuing research mission, including
				but not limited to a school, department, division, institute or center.
"Notice of intent" or "NOI" means the filing of intent for a
				new program or unit by the institution that is seeking certificate or degree
				granting authority. Notices of intent shall be publicly posted on the Board's
				website for no less than 30 days prior to any Board action on the application
				and shall remain active for one year after the public posting period has
				expired.
"Reasonable and moderate extension" or "RME" means one or more
				of the following:
An addition of a unit supported primarily through external
				funding, including the establishment of a grant-funded center. When approved
				under this category, the unit would hold approval through the period of
				external funding and would not require additional approval unless the external
				funding was no longer available. The university would not commit to maintain
				the unit if the external funding was lost and the university would report
				elimination of the center through the annual listing process provided to the
				Board.
Creation of a new formally organized research or public service
				unit that has a temporary mission of up to five years. (Criteria for
				continuation and a date for submission and request for permanent approval
				should accompany the RME.)
Creation of a certificate program in a field or at a level in
				which there is not a previously approved degree program at that level or a
				higher level.
Creation of a new program that results from the reorganization
				or restructuring of the curricular elements of an existing program that have
				over time evolved into separate and distinct programs (e.g., split into two or
				more autonomous programs, or options have evolved into separate
				programs).
Reclassification of a program resulting from incremental
				changes or consolidation of two or more degree programs into a single program
				with a change of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) developed
				by the National Center for Educational Statistics.
Changes in degree designation at the same level (e.g., B.A. to
				B.F.A., B.B.A. to B.S., M.A. to M.S., or D.B.A. to Ph.D.).
Creation of an out-of-region degree program. As much as
				possible the proposed program should be functionally equivalent to the existing
				program offered on campus, including curriculum, faculty qualifications,
				instructional technology, and library resources. The program must have
				effective student support systems."Region" refers to a geographical area within
				which an institution may operate a unit of instruction, research and public
				service and is not limited to the site within the region where the institution
				initially applied. A region consists of one or more coterminous community
				college districts. The community college districts are also property taxing
				districts established as provided in 110 ILCS 805 /Art. III. The ten regions,
				described by community college district and community college district numbers,
				are as follows (see also Illustration A):
"North Suburban Region (1)" consists of the Lake County (532),
				Oakton (535), and William R. Harper (512) community college districts;
"Fox Valley Region (2)" consists of the Elgin (509), Kishwaukee
				(523), McHenry (528), Rock Valley (511), and Waubonsee (516) community college
				districts;
"West Suburban Region (3)" consists of the DuPage (502), Morton
				(527), and Triton (504) community college districts;
"Western Region (4)" consists of the Black Hawk (503), Carl
				Sandburg (518), Highland (519), John Wood (539), Sauk Valley (506), and Spoon
				River (534) community college districts;
"Central Region (5)" consists of the Heartland (540), Illinois
				Central District (514), Illinois Valley (513), and Lincoln Land (526) community
				college districts;
"South Metro Region (6)" consists of the Joliet (525), Kankakee
				(520), Moraine Valley (524), Prairie State (515), and South Suburban (510)
				community college districts;
"Prairie Region (7)" consists of the Danville (507), Lake Land
				(517), Parkland (505), and Richland (537) community college districts;
"Southwestern Region (8)" consists of the Illinois Eastern
				(529), Kaskaskia (501), Lewis and Clark (536), and Southwestern Illinois (522)
				community college districts;
"Southern Region (9)" consists of the John A. Logan (530), Rend
				Lake (521), Shawnee (531), and Southeastern (533) community college districts;
				and
"Chicago Region (10)" consists of the City Colleges of Chicago
				(508) community college district.
"State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement" or "SARA" means the
				voluntary program that implements reciprocity agreements amongst states,
				institutions and the National Council for SARA for interstate offering of
				postsecondary distance education courses and programs, pursuant to the Higher
				Education Distance Learning Act [ 110 ILCS 145 ].
"Terminal degree" means the highest level of college degree
				available in a particular field.
"Upper-division instruction" means course content and teaching
				appropriate for junior- and senior-year students in a baccalaureate program or
				other students with expertise in the subject.