South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 62 - STATE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION › Article III - STUDENT AND INSTITUTION ASSISTANCE › Subarticle A - PALMETTO FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 62-310 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
A. "Academic year"
				is defined as the twelve-month period of time during which a full-time student
				is expected to earn thirty credit hours. The period of time used to measure the
				academic year consists of the fall, spring and immediately succeeding summer
				terms.
B. "Annual credit hour
				requirement" is defined for the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship as a minimum of
				thirty (30) credit hours taken and earned at the end of each academic year
				based on the date of initial college enrollment. Credit hours cannot include
				remedial, continuing education, exempted credit hours (such as AP, CLEP, IB,
				etc.), credit hours earned before high school graduation (dual enrollment) and
				credit hours earned the summer term immediately following high school
				graduation. Credit hours earned before high school graduation, including
				Advanced Placement (AP) credit hours, International Baccalaureate (IB) credit
				hours, exempted credit hours as well as credit hours earned on active duty,
				must be placed on the student's official college transcript by the institution
				at which they are earned, and be counted toward the annual credit hour
				requirement for the purposes of the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Enhancement.
				Eligible Palmetto Fellows may prorate their award amount for the term of
				graduation (see section 62-330.B.).
C. "Approved five-year bachelor's degree
				program" is defined as a five-year bachelor's program that is defined and
				approved by the Commission on Higher Education to receive the Palmetto Fellows
				Scholarship for a maximum of ten terms and the Scholarship Enhancement for a
				maximum of eight terms at the same eligible independent or public institution
				in order to complete the requirements for a bachelor's degree. An approved
				five-year bachelor's degree program does not include institutional and
				cooperative "3 plus 2" programs.
D.
				"Bachelor's degree program" is defined as an undergraduate program of study
				leading to the first bachelor's degree as defined by the U.S. Department of
				Education.
E. "CIP (Classification
				of Instructional Program) Code" is defined as the U.S. Department of
				Education's standard for federal surveys and state reporting for institutional
				data (majors, minors, options and courses). For the purpose of receiving the
				Palmetto Fellows Scholarship Enhancement, CIP Codes have been approved by the
				Commission on Higher Education for eligible degree programs in the fields of
				mathematics and science.
F.
				"Continuing education coursework" is defined as postsecondary courses designed
				for personal development and that cannot be used as credit toward a
				degree.
G. "Continuously enrolled"
				is defined as enrollment without an interruption that would require the student
				to pursue a formal process of readmission to that institution. Formal petitions
				or applications for change of degree level shall be considered readmissions
				with the exception of students changing degree level within the programs cited
				in paragraphs L and HH of this section and students who have been granted
				preapproved leave status for no longer than one semester by their institution.
				Continuously enrolled includes summer terms, military mobilization, or students
				who transfer from a four-year institution only to return to a four-year
				institution. Students who are enrolled in internships, cooperative work
				programs, travel study programs, or National or International Exchange Programs
				that are approved by the home institution are considered continuously enrolled.
				Any student who has been suspended, expelled
,
does not attend
				subsequent (or consecutive semesters) that does not require a formal process of
				readmission to that institution, or voluntarily withdraws from a four-year
				institution and/or enrolls at a two-year institution during the interruption is
				considered to be no longer continuously enrolled.
H. "Cost-of-attendance" is defined by Title
				IV regulations and may include tuition, fees, books, room and board, and other
				expenses related to transportation, disability or dependent care.
I. "Cumulative grade point average (GPA)" is
				defined as the cumulative institutional GPA used for graduation purposes, which
				includes dividing the total number of quality points earned in all courses by
				the total credit hours in all courses attempted at the student's home
				institution. The cumulative GPA must be at least a 3.0 at the home institution
				for graduation purposes at the end of each academic year based on the date of
				initial college enrollment.
J.
				"Date of initial college enrollment" is defined as the first time a student
				matriculates into a postsecondary degree-granting institution after high school
				graduation or completion of an approved home school program, excluding the
				summer term immediately prior to the student's enrollment in the first regular
				academic year. Students must remain continuously enrolled as any break in
				enrollment (excluding summer) will count toward the student's terms of
				eligibility.
K. For the purposes of
				the Scholarship Enhancement, "declared major" is defined as an eligible degree
				program in which a student is enrolled as a full-time, degree-seeking student.
				The student must meet all requirements as stipulated by the policies
				established by the institution and the academic department the student is
				enrolled in a declared major in an eligible degree program. Students cannot
				take courses related to a specific program without meeting institutional and
				departmental policies and be considered enrolled in a declared major. Students
				must be enrolled in a declared major in an eligible degree program that is
				approved and assigned a CIP code by the Commission. Eligible degree programs
				are those listed as such on the Commission's Web site. Students who change
				their declared major from an ineligible degree program to an eligible degree
				program within the same academic year shall not receive the Palmetto Fellows
				Scholarship Enhancement for that academic year. Additionally, students who
				change their declared major from an eligible degree program to an ineligible
				degree program within the same academic year will not lose eligibility until
				the next academic year.
L.
				"Degree-seeking student" is defined as a student enrolled full-time in a
				program of study that leads to the first bachelor's degree, first approved
				five-year bachelor's degree or a program of study that is structured so as not
				to require a bachelor's degree at an eligible independent or public
				institution. Students must maintain their undergraduate status in order to
				receive the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship and the Scholarship Enhancement each
				academic year, with the exception of students enrolled in the following
				programs:
1) Master of Science in Physician
				Assistant Studies at the Medical University of South Carolina;
2) Doctor of Pharmacy at the Medical
				University of South Carolina;
3)
				Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of South Carolina; and
4) Doctor of Pharmacy at Presbyterian
				College.