N.M. Code R. § 5.100.5.7 - DEFINITIONS
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.
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