Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Division 10 - Commissioner of Higher Education › Chapter 10 - Out-of-State Public Institutions › Section 6 CSR 10-10.010 - Out-of-State Public Institutions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule describes the requirements with
				  which out-of-state public institutions that offer instruction in Missouri must
				  comply.
(1) Definitions.
(A) Board or Coordinating Board or CBHE: The
				Coordinating Board for Higher Education created by section 173.005.2,
				RSMo.
(B) Branch campus or branch:
				A geographically separate and permanent instructional facility that is derived
				from and controlled by its main campus. A branch campus may provide complete
				and distinct programs and employ unique or shared instructional and
				administrative personnel. A branch may produce and maintain its own
				institutional and student records.
(C) Certificate: Any award, including a
				diploma that does not have a degree designation.
(D) Course: A defined and unique educational
				offering with discrete objectives and requirements in support of a program,
				whether conducted in person, by mail, or through any telecommunication
				medium.
(E) Degree: Any award,
				earned or honorary, conferred with the designation of associate, baccalaureate,
				master, professional or professional development, specialist, or
				doctorate.
(F) Distance education:
				Those education opportunities provided for credit by public out-of-state
				postsecondary institutions through online education services, as well as those
				opportunities provided for credit that postsecondary institutions provide
				outside their primary campus in multiple states. General term for any type of
				educational activity in which the participants are at a distance from each
				other-in other words, are separated in space. They may or may not be separated
				in time (asynchronous vs. synchronous).
(G) Main campus: The primary instructional
				facility of a school, as so designated by the school. For accredited schools,
				the main campus is the one to which accreditation is directly conferred and
				from which other campus locations derive their accreditation.
(H) MDHE or the department: The Missouri
				Department of Higher Education created by section 173.005.1, RSMo.
(I) Offer: To enroll or seek to enroll anyone
				residing in the state of Missouri in a course or program beyond the high school
				level.
(J) Online course: Any
				course offered over the Internet.
(K) Online course provider: An organization
				that provides courses that are offered over the Internet.
(L) Online education: A type of learning in
				which instruction and content are delivered primarily over the Internet. The
				term does not include printed-based correspondence education, broadcast
				television or radio, videocassettes, and stand-alone educational software
				programs that do not have a significant Internet-based instructional component.
				Used interchangeably with Virtual learning, Cyber learning,
				e-learning.
(M) Out-of-state public
				institution of higher education: An educational institution as defined by
				section 173.005.2(12)(a), RSMo.
(N)
				Physical presence: Any person or location within the state of Missouri where,
				from, or through which a school operates for the purpose of conducting an
				activity relating to postsecondary education, including the granting of
				certificates or degrees. Location is defined to include any address, physical
				site, electronic device, or telephone number within or originating from within
				the boundaries of the state of Missouri. Physical presence shall also mean a
				formally scheduled instructional interaction organized by or through a school
				taking place between two (2) or more students and/or instructors within the
				state of Missouri.
(O) Program or
				program of instruction: A complete academic or vocational educational offering
				which fulfills the requirements for the awarding of a certificate or degree. A
				program may consist of one (1) or multiple courses, and shall, upon
				satisfactory completion, fulfill an academic, occupational, or other training
				objective.
(P) Transcript or
				transcript record: A student's permanent educational record.