Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 9 - PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC TWO-YEAR COLLEGES › Subchapter A - DEFINITIONS › Section 9.1 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Academic associate
				  degree--An associate degree that will satisfy the lower-division requirements
				  for a baccalaureate degree in a specific discipline.
(2) Academic courses--Semester credit courses
				  included or allowed under the provisions of the Lower-Division Academic Course
				  Guide Manual designed for college transfer to institutions of higher education
				  in completion of associate and baccalaureate degree programs.
(3) Applied associate degree--An associate
				  degree intended to lead directly to employment following graduation and may
				  satisfy the lower-division requirements for a baccalaureate degree in a
				  specific discipline.
(4) Associate
				  degree program--A grouping of courses designed to lead the individual directly
				  to employment in a specific career or to transfer to an upper-level
				  baccalaureate program. This specifically refers to the associate of arts (AA),
				  associate of science (AS), associate of applied arts (AAA), associate of
				  applied science (AAS), and the associate of occupational studies (AOS) degrees.
				  The term "applied" in an associate degree name indicates a program designed to
				  qualify students for immediate employment.
(5) Career Technical/Workforce program--An
				  applied associate degree program or a certificate program for which semester
				  credit hours, quarter credit hours, or continuing education units are awarded
				  and which is intended to prepare students for immediate employment or a job
				  upgrade in a specific occupation.
(6) Board or Coordinating Board--The Texas
				  Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(7) Certificate program--Workforce programs
				  designed for entry-level employment or for upgrading skills and knowledge
				  within an occupation. Certificate programs serve as building blocks and exit
				  points for AAS degree programs.
(8)
				  Commissioner of Higher Education or Commissioner--The chief executive officer
				  of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(9) Compelling Academic Reason--A
				  justification for an associate's degree program consisting of more than 60
				  semester credit hours. Acceptable justifications may include, but are not
				  limited to, programmatic accreditation requirements, statutory requirements,
				  and requirements for licensure/certification of graduates.
(10) Concurrent course credit--See "Dual
				  credit."
(11) Continuing education
				  unit or CEU--Ten (10) contact hours of participation in an organized continuing
				  education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and
				  qualified instruction, as outlined in the Guidelines for Instructional Programs
				  in Workforce Education.
(12)
				  Contract instruction--Postsecondary workforce education and training in which
				  specific instruction is provided by a public two-year college or a non-Southern
				  Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)-accredited
				  organization to a contracting entity. This arrangement is utilized when
				  conventional methodology or instructional systems are difficult or impossible
				  to obtain.
(13) Contractual
				  agreements--Agreements or contracts between public two-year colleges and one of
				  the following:
(A) a non-SACSCOC-accredited
				  organization, for postsecondary instructional services that could not be
				  offered otherwise;
(B) a public
				  secondary school, for instructional services that could not be offered
				  otherwise; or
(C) another
				  SACSCOC-accredited institution of higher education, whether public or
				  independent.