Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 1501 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE ILLINOIS PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACT › Subpart C - PROGRAMS › Section 1501.301 - Definition of Terms

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Adult Basic Education" means basic skills courses designed
				  to bring students to a competency of Grade 8 equivalency, including English as
				  a Second Language.
"Adult Secondary Education" means courses designed to bring
				  students to a competency of Grade 12 equivalency, including English as a Second
				  Language, and the high school equivalency examination preparation.
"Associate Degree" means an award for satisfactory completion
				  of a curriculum of 60 semester credit hours or more.
"Associate in Applied Science Degree" means an award for the
				  satisfactory completion of a prescribed curriculum intended to prepare
				  individuals for employment in a specific field.
"Associate in Arts Degree" means an award for the
				  satisfactory completion of a prescribed curriculum intended to transfer to
				  baccalaureate degree programs in one of the arts, humanities, or social or
				  behavioral sciences or one of the professional fields with these disciplines as
				  a base.
"Associate in Engineering Science Degree" means an award for
				  the satisfactory completion of a prescribed curriculum intended to transfer to
				  baccalaureate degree programs in engineering.
"Associate in Fine Arts Degree" means an award for the
				  satisfactory completion of a prescribed curriculum intended to transfer to
				  baccalaureate degree programs in one of the fine arts: art, music, or
				  theater.
"Associate in General Studies Degree" means an award for the
				  satisfactory completion of a curriculum that has been individually designed by
				  mutual agreement between the student and his/her college-appointed advisor to
				  meet the student's educational intent.
"Associate in Science Degree" means an award for the
				  satisfactory completion of a prescribed curriculum intended to transfer to
				  baccalaureate degree programs in one of the mathematical, biological, or
				  physical sciences or one of the professional fields with these disciplines as a
				  base.
"Baccalaureate/Transfer Education" means coursework intended
				  to prepare individuals for transfer into a baccalaureate curriculum in a
				  related field of study.
"Branch" means an administrative unit of a college that has a
				  continuing educational mission and serves as a secondary instructional site for
				  the college.
"Bridge Instruction" means coursework in adult education,
				  developmental education, career and technical education, vocational skills
				  education, or a combination of these types of education, to prepare individuals
				  for entering credit courses and curricula.
"Campus" means an organized administrative unit of a college
				  that has a continuing educational mission and serves as a primary instructional
				  site for the college.
"Career and Technical Education" means organized educational
				  programs of study that prepare students for employment in a specific field and
				  should be aligned with related secondary and/or upper-division programs that
				  require a common knowledge and skill set.
"Certificate" means an award for satisfactory completion of a
				  series of courses or curriculum of less than 59 semester credit hours.
"General Certificate" means a noncredit award for
				  satisfactory completion of a series of courses of 30 semester credit hours or
				  less in adult basic education, adult secondary education, remedial education,
				  vocational skills, or general studies.
"Occupational or Career and Technical Certificate" means a
				  credit award for satisfactory completion of a prescribed curriculum intended to
				  prepare an individual for employment in a specific field.
"College" means a district's administrative unit that is
				  authorized by the Illinois Board of Higher Education to grant
				  postsecondary-level degrees and certificates, is recognized by the ICCB, and
				  provides a comprehensive program of instruction in accordance with Section
				  1-2(e) of the Act.
"Contact Hour" means instructional time based on a 50-60
				  minute clock hour of instructional activity that may include classroom, online,
				  laboratory, clinical or work-based instruction or any combination of those
				  instructional methods.
"Cooperative Agreement" means a contract or agreement between
				  a college and one or more other colleges, organizations, associations,
				  educational institutions, or government agencies to obtain, deliver, or share
				  educational services for academic credit. A cooperative agreement does not
				  include collective bargaining agreements with any labor organization.
"Course" means a sequential presentation, through one or more
				  instructional modes, of subject matter in a particular field to meet specific
				  objectives within a designated time period, such as a semester or a
				  quarter.
"Credit for Prior Learning" means evaluation and assessment
				  of a student's life learning through employment, training and experiences
				  outside an academic environment from which skills that comprise terminal
				  objectives are mastered to an acceptable degree of proficiency for college
				  credit, certification or advanced standing toward further education or
				  training.
"Curriculum" means an approved unit of instruction consisting
				  of a series of courses designed to lead to an associate degree or a
				  certificate.
"District Curriculum" means a curriculum approved for
				  offering within a district, on the basis of student interest, employment
				  demand, and available resources within the district.
"General Studies Curriculum" means a curriculum designed to
				  meet individual student goals, in the promotion of personal improvement and
				  self-understanding.
"Regional Curriculum" means a curriculum approved for
				  offering within a particular region of the State, on the basis of student
				  interest and employment demand within the region. An institution holding
				  authority to offer a regional curriculum shall not exclude additional
				  districts, including those within the defined region or regional consortia of
				  colleges, from requesting approval to offer the same curriculum in its
				  district.
"Statewide Curriculum" means a curriculum approved for
				  offering on the basis of student interest and employment demand statewide. An
				  institution holding authority to offer a statewide curriculum shall not exclude
				  additional districts from requesting approval to offer the same curriculum
				  statewide, regionally or in its district.
"Developmental Education" means courses in computation,
				  communication (that is, writing and speaking), and reading, designed to improve
				  the competency of high school graduates, or those persons achieving high school
				  equivalency, to the level necessary to successfully complete introductory
				  college-level coursework.
"Dual Credit Course" means a college course taken by
				  a high school student for credit at both the college and high school
				  level
[110 ILCS 27/5 ].
"Educational Agency" means an agency, corporation, or other
				  defined legal entity that offers instruction.
"Electronic Exchange System" means an online tool for
				  organizing ICCB proposals and tracking their status.
"Extension Center" means an instructional site for the
				  college that is used for offering some of the college's courses and/or programs
				  for a limited duration.
"GECC" means the General Education Core Curriculum of the
				  Illinois Articulation Initiative.
"General Education Core Curriculum Credential" or "GECC
				  Credential" means a credential provided by the college for completion of the 37
				  to 41 credit hours to satisfy the GECC.
"Higher Learning Commission" or "HLC" means an independent
				  corporation that serves as one of six regional institutional accreditors in the
				  U.S. and accredits degree-granting post-secondary educational institutions in
				  the North Central Region, which includes Illinois.
"Instructional Activity" means classroom, online, laboratory,
				  clinical or work-based instruction or any combination of those instructional
				  methods.
"Internship/Practicum" means a course of planned and
				  supervised training that allows the application of theory to actual practice
				  and prepares a student for working independently in a specific career. The
				  internship/practicum generally occurs after the student has completed 12 credit
				  hours. It takes place at a regular worksite and instruction/supervision is
				  shared by a college instructor/supervisor and a qualified employee at the
				  worksite. Clinical practicums take place in a hospital or other medical/health
				  facility and require close supervision/instruction/monitoring by a qualified
				  college instructor.
"Laboratory" means a course of planned and supervised
				  training in which students learn new methods or principles through
				  experimentation, observation, and/or practice. A lab class can occur at the
				  beginning, middle, or end of a particular course of study and may be a
				  specially equipped room designed for experimentation, observation, and/or
				  practice on the college campus or at the worksite.
"Lecture" means a course presented in an oral or related
				  format that allows for content to be discussed among class participants.
"Multiple Measures Placement" means the availability of more
				  than one single, individual assessment measure to determine student's readiness
				  for coursework, and subsequent placement into credit-bearing coursework, which
				  must include but is not limited to high school GPA, transfer credit, and
				  transition courses, as defined in by Section 1501.314. The demonstration of
				  readiness shall be satisfied by a student meeting the established readiness
				  threshold on any one of the single, individual measures.
"PBVS Program of Study" means any of the programs listed in
				  Section 10 of the Career and Workforce Transition Act [110 ILCS 151].
"Principal Site" means the official mailing address of the
				  college.
"Private Business Vocational School" or "PBVS" means a
				  non-degree granting institution that is regulated and approved by the Board of
				  Higher Education under the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act of 2012
				  [105 ILCS 426] and that is nationally accredited by an accreditor approved by
				  the U.S. Department of Education.
"Public Service" means noncredit classes and other activities
				  of an educational nature, such as workshops, seminars, forums, exhibits, and
				  the provision of college facilities and expertise to the community, designed to
				  be of service to the public.
"Research" means investigations or experiments to discover or
				  interpret facts, to revise accepted theories, or to apply those revised
				  theories.
"Secondary School" means a private or parochial secondary
				  school, public secondary school district, or public unit school
				  district.
"Unit of Instruction" means any one of the following:
An organized program of study consisting of a sequence of
				  courses that results in the award to a student of a certificate or an associate
				  degree.
Any existing organized program of study offered at a new
				  geographical location outside of the college district.
Any organized administrative entity that would have a
				  continuing instructional mission, including but not limited to a college,
				  campus or branch.
"Unit of Research or Public Service" means a college's
				  subdivision (e.g., a division, institute or center) that administers one or
				  more research or public service programs.
"Vocational Skills Education" means courses designed to
				  provide short-term job entry training, to upgrade the skills of persons already
				  employed, or to review skills for career re-entry.