Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Division 10 - Commissioner of Higher Education › Chapter 1 - Department Organization › Section 6 CSR 10-1.010 - Departmental Organization

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: As required by section 536.023.3., RSMo
				  (1986), this rule describes the organization and operation of the Department of
				  Higher Education, which was created pursuant to Article I V, sections 12 and
				  52, Missouri Constitution and section
				  173.005,
				  RSMo (1986).
(1) The
				Coordinating Board for Higher Education (CBHE).
(A) The CBHE is the head of the Department of
				Higher Education and constitutes the policymaking body for the Department of
				Higher Education. The coordinating board appoints the commissioner of higher
				education who shall be the chief administrative officer of the department. The
				coordinating board also appoints the state librarian who shall administer the
				affairs of the State Library as a part of the Department of Higher Education,
				but on matters of library policy, the state librarian, at his/her choice, may
				report his/her views directly to the coordinating board.
(B) The responsibilities of the coordinating
				board include the following:
1. Establishing
				the policies of the Department of Higher Education and the State
				Library;
2. Developing a
				coordinated plan for higher education in this state;
3. Administering state financial assistance
				programs for students attending institutions of higher education in this
				state;
4. Approving new degree
				programs to be offered in state institutions of higher education;
5. Establishing guidelines for the
				appropriation requests of public institutions of higher education, including
				approved off-campus and out-of-district instruction;
6. Approving new state-supported senior
				colleges, campuses or residence centers;
7. Establishing statewide guidelines relating
				to admission and transfer of students;
8. Establishing statewide policy relating to
				residency of students;
9.
				Collecting data on all institutions of higher education in this state, which
				data is to be used to delineate areas of competence for each institution or for
				other purposes deemed appropriate by the board;
10. Administering state statutes with respect
				to public community junior colleges;
11. Administering state statutes providing
				for coordinating board jurisdiction over both instate and out-of-state trade
				and technical schools and degree-granting institutions operating in
				Missouri;
12. Contracting with
				Missouri independent colleges and universities or publicly-supported higher
				education institutions or coordinating agencies located outside the state to
				provide professional or graduate programs of instruction or research
				services;
13. Coordinating
				reciprocal agreements between and among Missouri state institutions of higher
				education and between and among Missouri state institutions of higher education
				and publicly supported higher education institutions located outside the state;
				and
14. Placing on probation or
				terminating teacher education programs at any college or university that fails
				to meet certain standards.