New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 100 - PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
Part 8 - CLOSURE OR SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE TO LOCATION UNDER THE POST- SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION ACT
Section 5.100.8.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. "Accrediting body" means an accreditor or accrediting agency that has issued an accreditation status to the institution.
B. "Custodian of Records" means an entity with which the institution has arranged for the perpetual care, maintenance and accessibility of all records and transcripts for all students receiving credit from the institution during the period of its existence. The entity must be in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and be capable of servicing student record requests. Documentation evidencing such compliance shall be submitted to the department.
C. "Department" means the New Mexico higher education department or its designated employee.
D. "Manager" means the chief executive officer, chief operations officer, chief financial officer, senior business or finance officer, senior financial aid administrator, and senior or chief academic officer of an institution's New Mexico facility.
E. "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, Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of 5.100.6.6 NMAC, or Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of 5.100.7.6 NMAC.
F. "Post-secondary educational institution" or "institution" or "post-secondary institution" means an a private 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.
G. "Program" means any certificate or degree program or for purposes of closure, a college, school or department within an institution.
H. "Substantial change to location" means a relocation of the institution's physical site that is beyond the proximity a student is normally required to travel for educational offerings.
