New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 5 - POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 99 - DISTANCE EDUCATION
Part 2 - CLOSURE OF A DISTANCE EDUCATION INSTITUTION
Section 5.99.2.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 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. "Distance education" means instruction offered online or through correspondence or interactive video or other means enabling a student to receive instruction from a higher education provider. Instruction may be either synchronous (instruction in which a group of students engage in learning at the same time), asynchronous (instruction that does not occur in the same place or at the same time), or experiential learning activity, as defined in 5.99.1 NMAC.
E. "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.
F. "Post-secondary educational institution" or "institution" means public post-secondary educational institutions and private post-secondary educational institutions operating pursuant to 5.99.1 NMAC.
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 which impacts the institution's ability to offer distance education or affects the institution's ability to continue to meet the criteria for distance education authorization.
