Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - COORDINATING COMMISSION FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › Title 281 - COORDINATING COMMISSION FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 10 - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA › Section 281-10-004 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
004.01 Commission
Commission shall mean the Coordinating Commission for
				  Postsecondary Education.
004.02 Executive Director
Executive Director shall mean the Executive Director of the
				  Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education or the Executive Director's
				  designee.
004.03 Public
				Institution
Public Institution shall mean any of the following:
				  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Omaha, University of
				  Nebraska at Kearney, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska College of
				  Technical Agriculture, Chadron State College, Peru State College, Wayne State
				  College, Central Community College Area, Metropolitan Community College Area,
				  Mid-Plains Community College Area, Northeast Community College Area, Southeast
				  Community College Area, Western Nebraska Community College Area, including any
				  other campus administered as a separate unit by a governing board, or any other
				  public postsecondary educational institution which may be established by the
				  Legislature after January 1,1992.
004.04 Principal Campus
Principal Campus shall mean the main campus or campuses of
				  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in Lincoln; of the University of Nebraska at
				  Omaha, in Omaha; of the University of Nebraska at Kearney, in Kearney; of the
				  University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha; of the Nebraska College of
				  Technical Agriculture, in Curtis; of Chadron State College, in Chadron; of Peru
				  State College, in Peru; of Wayne State College, in Wayne; of Central Community
				  College in Grand Island, Hastings, and Columbus; of Metropolitan Community
				  College in Omaha and Elkhorn; of Mid-Plains Community College in North Platte
				  and McCook; of Northeast Community College in Norfolk; of Southeast Community
				  College in Beatrice, Lincoln, and Milford; and of Western Nebraska Community
				  College in Scottsbluff.
004.05 Branch campus
Branch campus shall mean a new campus of a public
				  institution, established after the effective date of this rule, which houses a
				  full range of instruction, research, and public service, as appropriate to
				  institutional role and mission assignment, as well as administrative and
				  support services.
004.06
				Education Center
Education Center, as statutorily defined, shall mean an
				  off-campus center of a public institution or a cooperative of either public or
				  public and private postsecondary educational institutions which offers
				  instructional programs to students.
004.06.a
Off-Campus
				Center
shall mean a facility at which a public institution either
				i) offers a complete degree program or ii) offers 50% or more of the courses
				leading to a complete degree program at the site and enrolls 100 or more
				students (unduplicated headcount) in an academic year; and which is not a
				principal campus or a cooperative education center of that institution.
004.06.b Center shall mean a
				facility used by two or more postsecondary educational institutions for the
				delivery of off-campus programs. A cooperative education center facility is not
				owned by a postsecondary education institution.