Pennsylvania Code
Title 22 - EDUCATION
Part XVI - Standards
Chapter 338 - INTERIM STANDARDS FOR TECHNICAL COLLEGE PROGRAMS
Section 338.4 - Lead sponsor responsibilities
Universal Citation: 22 PA Code ยง 338.4
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
(a) Duties. Each Program lead sponsor shall perform the following duties:
(1) Grant certificates and associate
degrees to students who have completed a program of study through the
Program.
(2) Provide oversight of
the Program through the governance entity of the lead sponsor.
(3) Establish the student entrance
requirements which adhere to standards and guidelines issued by the
Department.
(4) Administer the
Program on a not-for-profit basis and submit annual financial information as
required by the Department.
(5)
Provide for faculty, curriculum and necessary equipment to ensure consistently
high quality instruction for each program of study.
(6) Offer courses to students that enables
the full-time student to complete the Program in the specified amount of time
or equivalency if a part-time student.
(7) Ensure that academic support services are
available to students in a Program.
(8) Provide access to remedial and
developmental coursework or accelerated remediation.
(9) Ensure that students who have met the
entrance requirements are not required to take courses separate from the
Program to complete the certificate or associate degree.
(10) Ensure that students in the Programs
will be eligible for financial aid in the same manner as similarly situated
students enrolled in the lead sponsor.
(11) Ensure that the opportunity exists for
all students to complete the Program.
(12) Ensure that each program of study
offered by a Program is designed to maximize students' ability to transfer
credits earned through the Program to another institution of higher
education.
(13) Submit all reports
as required by the Department.
(b) Partnerships. A lead sponsor of a Program that enters into a partnership with another applicant shall maintain final responsibility for the duties enumerated previously.
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