New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 100 - PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING › Part 5 - EXEMPTION UNDER THE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION ACT › Section 5.100.5.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
"Accreditation"
means a verified accreditation status with an
				accrediting agency recognized by the United States department of education that
				accredits institutions, as a means of assuring quality instruction.
B.
"Avocation or recreation"
means an activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession,
				usually for enjoyment; a hobby.
C.
"Career school"
means a private post-secondary educational
				institution offering a formal educational curriculum in New Mexico for a fee to
				members of the general public beyond compulsory school age, terminating in a
				certificate, diploma, associate degree, or comparable confirmation of
				completion of the curriculum.
D.
"Charter"
means a formal document by which a sovereign authority
				or a government grants rights, powers, and privileges to a person, business, or
				the people.
E.
"College"
or
"University"
means a private
				post-secondary educational institution offering a formal educational curriculum
				in New Mexico for a fee to members of the general public beyond compulsory
				school age, terminating in a baccalaureate degree, master's degree, or doctoral
				degree or comparable confirmation of completion of the curriculum.
F.
"Continuing education"
means
				only brief courses of instruction designed to teach specific skills that may be
				applicable in a work setting but are not sufficient in themselves to be
				considered a program of training for employment. Typically, a student only
				enrolls for one course rather than a sequence of courses. The continuing
				education units must meet the criteria set out by the professional organization
				or authority requiring the continuing education.
G.
"Department"
means the New
				Mexico higher education department or its designated employee.
H.
"Degree"
means any title,
				designation, mark, abbreviation, appellation, or series of letters or words,
				including "associate", "bachelor's", "master's", "doctor's" and their
				equivalents, which are generally taken to signify satisfactory completion of
				the requirements of a program of study designed to be comparable to those
				provided by institutions accredited by agencies recognized by the United States
				department of education.
I.
"Degree-granting"
means a post-secondary educational institution
				that offers instruction resulting in a credential as defined by
				"degree."
J.
"Exemption"
or
"exempt"
means a written acknowledgment
				by the department that an institution, organization, or other entity, has met
				requirements and filed pertinent information as required by the department to
				provide educational services in New Mexico, and is not subject to the
				post-secondary educational institution act.
K.
"Instruction provided by
				employer"
means only a brief course of instruction designed to teach
				specific skills that may be applicable in a work setting or as professional
				development but are not sufficient in themselves to result in a
				credential.
L.
"License"
,
"Licensed"
or
"Licensure"
means a written acknowledgment by the department that a career school or
				nonregionally accredited college or university has met the requirements of the
				department to offer a formal educational curriculum within New
				Mexico;
M.
"Physical
				presence"
means the ongoing occupation of a physical location in the
				state, the ongoing maintenance of an administrative office to support, the
				provision of higher education instruction, or engaging in one or more of the
				activities detailed in Paragraph 1 of Subsection A of
				5.100.5.6
				NMAC.
N.
"Post-secondary
				educational institution"
or
"Institution"
or
"post-secondary institution"
means an academic, vocational,
				technical, business, professional, or other school, college, or university or
				other organization or person offering or purporting to offer courses,
				instruction, training, or education.
O.
"Registration"
or
"Registered"
means a written acknowledgment by the department that
				a regionally accredited college or university has filed pertinent curriculum
				and enrollment information, as required by the department, and is authorized to
				operate and offer a formal educational curriculum within New Mexico.
P.
"State Authorization"
means a
				private post-secondary educational institution has been deemed by the
				department to satisfactorily meet criteria, as determined by the department,
				for registration or licensure under the Post-Secondary Educational Institution
				Act. All degree-granting institutions seeking state authorization shall be
				accredited or be seeking appropriate external accreditation. State
				authorization does not serve as an endorsement of a particular institution, but
				confirms that an institution has met the minimum criteria set by the department
				to operate in New Mexico.