Alabama Administrative Code › Title 300 - ALABAMA COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION › Chapter 300-2-1 - PROGRAM REVIEW › Section 300-2-1-.05 - Review Of Off-Campus Instruction Offered By Public Postsecondary Institutions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
			 Purpose: The purpose of reviewing and approving or disapproving off-campus
			 offerings of public postsecondary institutions is to insure that such offerings
			 meet the criteria and standards established by the Alabama Commission on Higher
			 Education.
(2) Commission
			 Responsibility: It is the responsibility of the Alabama Commission on Higher
			 Education to establish policies and procedures for reviewing new or existing
			 off-campus sites of public postsecondary institutions in Alabama, except for
			 exempt sites delineated by the Commission's statute. (See the definition for
			 Exempt Sites listed below at 4.)
(3) Definitions: For purposes of this rule,
			 the following definitions apply:
(a)
			 Off-Campus Site: the specific location where one or more courses are offered
			 for academic credit geographically distant from the sponsoring institution's
			 main campus.
(b) Off-Campus
			 Facility: the actual physical plant in which instruction is conducted at an
			 off-campus site.
(c) Branch: a
			 degree-granting division of an institution located in a geographical setting
			 separate from the sponsoring institution's main campus or central
			 administration and authorized for a stated purpose in relation to the
			 sponsoring institution and the area served. The branch offers all requirements
			 for completing degree programs in two or more fields of study as classified by
			 the CIP taxonomy at the 6 digit level. A branch provides the necessary
			 administrative services, student services, financial resources, library, and
			 physical facilities to provide adequate support for degree programs
			 offered.
(d) Branch Campus: the
			 physical boundaries of the location of an institution branch.
(e) Off-Campus Instruction: a course or
			 program taken by a student or students at a location other than a
			 Commission-recognized main or branch campus of the sponsoring institution. The
			 Commission's policy on off-campus instruction applies to traditional
			 instructional settings, i.e. face-to-face classroom instruction that occurs at
			 a location away from the Commission-recognized main or branch campus of the
			 institution. (Adapted from a Georgia Board of Regents definition; approved by
			 the Commission on March 2, 2007.)
(f) Off-Campus Course: a course provided to
			 any group of students for academic credit at a particular off-campus site in an
			 organized classroom setting.
(g)
			 Off-Campus Program: a program of instruction offered in its entirety at an
			 off-campus site. A program of instruction is defined by the Commission as an
			 organized set of courses and related activities for which, upon satisfactory
			 completion, some degree, diploma or certificate is awarded.
(h) Service Areas: (See attached service area
			 tables.) For the purposes of off-campus instruction, service areas for the
			 two-year colleges are those determined by the State Board of Education. Service
			 areas for senior institutions are determined by the Commission, using the
			 following considerations:
1. Proximity of the
			 off-campus site to the sponsoring institution
2. Relationship of the off-campus site to the
			 sponsoring institution based on student source reports that are produced using
			 data from the Alabama Statewide Student Database; and
3. The mission of the
			 institution
.