California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 7.5 - Private Postsecondary Education › Chapter 1 - Bureau Administration › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 70000 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) "Academic
				  Freedom" means the degree to which faculty at an institution are allowed
				  latitude with respect to their discussions with students and the positions they
				  take. Under such a policy, a faculty member can articulate or even advocate
				  positions or concepts which may be controversial in nature without fear of
				  retribution or reprisal.
(b) "Act"
				  means The California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009.
(c) "Chief academic officer" means the person
				  primarily responsible for the administration of an institution's academic
				  affairs including the supervision of faculty, development of educational
				  programs and curricula, and implementation of the institution's mission,
				  purposes and objectives.
(d) "Chief
				  executive officer" means the person primarily responsible for the overall
				  administration of an institution, including the supervision of the chief
				  academic officer and the chief operating officer. The chief executive officer
				  is often, but need not be, called the "president."
(e) "Chief operating officer" means the
				  person primarily responsible for the administration of an institution's
				  business operation, including finances, management, personnel, and contracting
				  for goods, services, or property.
(f) "Code" means the California Education
				  Code.
(g) "Credential" means
				  publicly demonstrated skills and experiences whose achievement has been
				  recognized by an official credential or award given by a professional
				  association. This recognition can also be achieved if there is a general
				  acceptance and recognition of those credentials by members of the profession or
				  industry in the field in which the person will teach.
(h) "Credit" means a measure of college or
				  university level instruction that is evaluated by duly qualified faculty; it is
				  also the same as "unit" or "unit of credit."
(i) "Degree program" means an educational
				  program leading to the award of an academic degree as defined in section
				  94830 of the Code.
(j) "Duly qualified faculty" or "faculty
				  member" means a person or people who satisfy the requirements of section
				  71720.
(k)
(1)
				  "Education offered for the purpose of personal entertainment, pleasure or
				  enjoyment" means education offered for purposes of play, amusement or
				  relaxation, including education offered for the purpose of teaching the
				  fundamentals, skills or techniques of a hobby or activity. It does not include
				  education that in any manner does or is any of the following:
(A) Assists a student to prepare for a test
				  administered in conjunction with, or for admission to, any undergraduate or
				  graduate educational program, including the
				  TOEFL® brand test, however, "education offered
				  for the purpose of personal entertainment, pleasure, or enjoyment" does include
				  education that assists a student to prepare for a test designed to measure
				  English language proficiency for placing a student within an Intensive English
				  Program, which is a program where English as a second language is the main
				  subject being taught.
(B) Is an
				  educational service offered to lead to any employment in any occupation or job
				  title.
(C) Is represented to enable
				  a student to use already existing knowledge, training, or skills, other than
				  language skills, in pursuit of an occupation or to develop new or enhance
				  existing knowledge, training, or skills, other than language skills, in
				  connection with any occupation or job title.