Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 715 - HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING COMMISSION › Division 13 - UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS AND FINANCE › Section 715-013-0062 - Modifications to Engineering Technology Sustaining Funds Distributions to Universities

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Definitions
(a) "Baccalaureate Degree" or
			 "Bachelor's Degree" is a degree that generally represents four years of college
			 study, or its equivalent in depth and quality of learning experience, or as
			 promulgated by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
(b) "Base Funding" is funding to each public
			 university that is allocated prior to any allocations through the outcome
			 categories.
(c) "Classification of
			 Instructional Programs" or "CIP" code is a numerical identifier assigned by the
			 National Center for Education Statistics to an academic discipline to support
			 tracking and reporting data at the field-of-study level.
(d) "Data Validation" is the process by which
			 the HECC's Office of Research and Data examines public university-submitted
			 data to determine its accuracy and validity.
(e) "Doctoral Degree" or "Ph.D." is a degree
			 that generally indicates the recipient has done, and is prepared to do,
			 original research in a major discipline. Doctoral degrees usually require three
			 years or more of graduate-level coursework and an original research thesis or
			 project, or as promulgated by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and
			 Universities.
(f) "Employment" is
			 defined as a graduate from a qualified degree program who is employed in Oregon
			 at the relevant time as indicated in data obtained by the HECC and consistent
			 with section (7aC) of this rule.
(g) "Engineering Technology Sustaining Funds"
			 are those funds designated by the Oregon Legislature as such and indicated in
			 the HECC budget for distribution to Oregon public universities.
(h) "Higher Education Coordinating
			 Commission" or "HECC" is the body established by ORS
			 350.050 and appointed by the Governor.
(i)
			 "Master's Degree" is a degree that generally represents a first graduate
			 degree, including one year or more of post-baccalaureate study, or its
			 equivalent in depth and quality. Professional masters degrees generally require
			 up to two years or equivalent of coursework beyond the baccalaureate level, or
			 as promulgated by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and
			 Universities.
(j) "Nonresident"
			 student is any student not classified as a resident by a public university or
			 by any other relevant state, policy, rule or law.
(k) "Outcome Category" is one of three
			 categories between which all funding outside of base funding is allocated.
(l) "Professional degree" is a
			 degree that emphasizes application of knowledge in the field, including three
			 or more years of carefully prescribed graduate level coursework, or as
			 promulgated by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
(m) "Public university" or "University" is
			 any public university, including any branch or satellite campuses, as defined
			 in ORS
			 352.002.
(n) "Qualified degree program" is a program
			 in one of the CIP codes included in any of the three outcome
			 categories.
(o) "Resident" student
			 is a student classified as such by a public university's Residency
			 Classification Officer or by any other relevant state policy, rule or law,
			 including, but not limited to, tuition equity students.
(p) "SCARF" is the Student Centralized
			 Administrative Reporting File and is comprised of student and course
			 information for each Oregon public university. The SCARF system is maintained
			 by the HECC's Office of Research and Data.
(q) "True-Up" is the process by which
			 allocations created using estimated data are reconciled with finalized
			 allocations created using actual data.
(r) "Wages" are the wages of all relevant
			 employed persons in Oregon consistent with this rule as included in data
			 obtained by the HECC.