部分EBB.1

INSTRUCTION
ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
校外教学

过程

校外教学

An institution of higher education, including a college district, may offer off-campus courses for credit within the state or distance learning courses only with specific prior approval of the Coordinating Board. An institution must certify to the Coordinating Board that a course offered for credit outside the state meets the Coordinating Board's academic criteria. An institution shall include the certification in submitting any other reports required by the Coordinating Board. 教育守则61.0512(g)

定义

校外课程

An “off-campus course” means a course in which a majority (more than 50 percent) of the instruction occurs when the students 和 instructor(s) are in the same physical location 和 off-campus locations are outside the service area. 19 tac 4.272（18）

校外学位或证书课程

An “off-campus degree or certificate program” is a program in which a student may complete a majority (more than 50 percent) of the credit hours required for the program through off-campus courses. 19 tac 4.272（19）

校外教学

“Off-campus instruction” is the formal educational process in which a majority (more than 50 percent) of the instruction occurs when the students 和 instructor(s) are in the same physical location 和 off-campus locations are sites outside of the service area. 19 tac 4.272（20）

州外/国外课程和项目

“Out-of-state/out-of-country courses 和 programs” are academic credit courses 和 programs delivered outside Texas/United States to individuals or groups who are not regularly enrolled on-campus students. Out-of-state 和 out-of-country courses do not receive formula funding. 19 tac 4.272（21）

自费课程和项目

“Self-supporting courses 和 programs” are academic credit courses 和 programs whose semester credit hours are not submitted for formula funding. 19 tac 4.272（27）

在美国学习的课程

“Study-in-America courses” are off-campus, academic credit instruction, which is delivered outside Texas but in the United States primarily to regular on-campus students. 19 tac 4.272（30）

留学课程

“Study-abroad courses” are off-campus, academic credit instruction, which is delivered outside the United States primarily to regular on-campus students. 19 tac 4.272（31）

劳动力持续教育课程

“劳动力继续教育课程”是一门 course offered for CEUs with an occupationally specific objective 和 supported by state funding. A career technical/workforce continuing education course differs from a community service course offered for recreational or avocational purposes which is not supported by state funding. 19 tac 4.272（32）

临床过程

A “clinical course” is an academic credit course that is a health-related, work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, 和 concepts. 19 tac 4.272(4)

临床设施

A “clinical facility” is a health-care facility that provides learning experiences for students. 19 tac 4.272(5)

第q分章的适用性

Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 4, Subchapter Q governs the following types of instruction offered by institutions of higher education: academic credit courses, clinical courses, degree 和 certificate programs, 和 formula-funded workforce continuing education provided by a community college outside the boundaries of its service area through off-campus instruction; academic credit courses 和 programs offered by any public institution of higher education outside of Texas, including Study-Abroad, Study-in-America, out-of-state, 和 out-of-country courses; 和 self-supporting courses 和 programs that are offered through off-campus instruction. Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 4, Subchapter Q does not apply to continuing education, except for formula-funded workforce continuing education, provided by public two-year colleges. 19 tac 4.273

准则标准

The following provisions apply to all institutions, including college districts, covered under 19 Administrative Code Chapter 4, Subchapter Q, unless otherwise specified:

  1. Institutions shall comply with the st和ards 和 criteria of the Southern Association of Colleges 和 Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).

  2. For off-campus programs 和 self-supporting programs, the parent institution shall notify all potentially affected area institutions in accordance with Coordinating Board policy 和 procedures

  3. Institutions shall report enrollments, courses, 和 graduates associated with self-supporting offerings as required by the commissioner.

  4. Institutions shall report fees received for self-supporting 和 out-of-state/country courses in accordance with general institutional accounting practices.

  5. Students shall be provided academic support services appropriate for off-campus instruction such as academic advising, career counseling, library, 和 other learning resources.

  6. Off-campus instruction sites shall be of sufficient quality for the delivery methods 和 courses offered.

校外项目

The following st和ards 和 criteria apply to programs offered under the provisions of 19 Administrative Code, Chapter 4, Subchapter Q:

  1. Each program shall be within the role 和 mission of the institution responsible for offering the instruction 和 shall be on the inventory of approved programs.

  2. Prior Coordinating Board approval may be required before an institution may offer programs in certain subject area disciplines or under other conditions specified by the Coordinating Board or the commissioner.

  3. An institution offering an off-campus degree or certificate program shall comply with the st和ards 和 criteria of any specialized accrediting agency or professional certification board.

  4. Each degree program offered off-campus will be approved by the institution's governing Board or the board's institutional designee. Certification of approval shall be submitted to the Coordinating Board upon request.

  5. Institutions shall require that students (except for students in out-of-country programs) enrolled in a distance education degree program satisfy the same requirements for admission to the College 和 the program as required of regular on-campus students. Students in degree programs to be offered collaboratively shall meet the admission st和ards of their home institution. Out-of-country students shall meet equivalent st和ards for admission into programs.

19 tac 4.275

校外课程

The following st和ards 和 criteria apply to programs offered under the provisions of 19 Administrative Code, Chapter 4, Subchapter Q, unless otherwise specified:

  1. Each course shall be within the role 和 mission of the institution responsible 和 shall be on its inventory of approved courses.

  2. Prior Coordinating Board approval may be required before an institution may offer courses in certain subject area disciplines or under other conditions specified by the Coordinating Board or the commissioner.

  3. Study-in-America 和 Study-Abroad courses offered by 皇冠博彩, or by an approved consortium composed of Texas public institutions, must be reported to the Coordinating Board in the manner prescribed by the commissioner in order for the semester credit hours or contact hours generated in those courses to receive formula funding.

  4. 所有课程均应符合校内课程的质量标准。

  5. Institutions shall report to the Coordinating Board 和 shall notify all potentially affected area institutions of all off-campus courses 和 programs in accordance with Coordinating Board policy 和 procedures.

  6. Except for students in out-of-country courses, students shall satisfy the same requirements for enrollment in an academic credit course as required of on-campus students. Out-of-country students shall be assessed for academic guidance purposes.

  7. The instructor of record shall bear responsibility for the delivery of instruction 和 for evaluation of student progress.

19 tac 4.276

校外项目和课程教师

The following st和ards 和 criteria apply to faculty teaching in programs offered under the provisions of 19 Administrative Code, Chapter 4, Subchapter Q:

  1. Faculty shall be selected 和 evaluated by equivalent st和ards, review, 和 approval procedures used by the institution to select 和 evaluate faculty responsible for on-campus courses.

  2. Institutions shall provide training 和 support to enhance the added skills required of the faculty teaching off-campus or self-supporting courses.

  3. The supervising, monitoring, 和 evaluating processes for faculty shall be equivalent to those for on-campus courses.

19 tac 4.277

地区委员会

Public community colleges shall submit for the appropriate Regional Council’s review all off-campus lower-division courses proposed for delivery to sites outside their service areas. All institutions of higher education, including community colleges shall provide notice to the Higher Education Regional Councils when planning to offer requested off-campus 和/or electronic to groups dual credit courses in the council’s service area. 19 TAC 4.278(f), (j)

With the exception of 19 Administrative Code 4.278(e), (i), 和 (j), regional councils in each of the ten uniform state service regions shall make recommendations to the commissioner 和 shall resolve disputes regarding plans for lower-division courses 和 programs proposed by public institutions. 19 TAC 4.278(b)

Each regional council shall make recommendations to the commissioner regarding off-campus courses 和 programs proposed for delivery within its uniform state service region in accordance with the consensus views of council members, except for courses 和 programs proposed to be offered by public community colleges in their designated service areas 和 courses 和 programs governed by the provisions of 19 Administrative Code 4.278(e), (i), 和 (j). 19 TAC 4.278(d)

A public community college may enter into an agreement to offer dual credit courses with a high school located in the service area of another public community college without additional regional council approval. [For more information on dual credit, see GH] 19 TAC 4.278(e)

临床课程

Universities, health-related institutions, public community 和 technical college, 和 Lamar state college may offer clinical courses at clinical facilities without regional council approval if each of the following criteria is met:

  1. The student(s) enrolled in the clinical course is already employed by the clinical facility;

  2. The institution receives written verification from the clinical facility that there will be no reduction in the number of clinical opportunities available for use by area institutions; 和

  3. The institution of higher education notifies the appropriate Regional Council(s) of the clinical course 和 provides the Regional Council(s) with written verification from the clinical facility that the course will not reduce the number of clinical opportunities available for use by area institutions.

19 TAC 4.278(h)

公式资金

Institutions, including college districts, shall report off-campus courses submitted for formula funding in accordance with the Coordinating Board’s uniform reporting system 和 the provision of 19 Administrative Code Chapter 4, Subchapter Q.

Institutions shall not submit for formula-funding courses in out-of-state or out-of-country programs, nor shall they submit self-supporting courses for formula funding.

Institutions shall not submit non-state-funded, lower-division credit courses to Regional Councils.

Institutions shall not jeopardize or diminish the status of formula-funded, on-campus courses 和 programs in order to offer self-supporting courses. Self-supporting courses shall not be a substitute for offering a sufficient number of formula-funded on-campus courses.

For courses not submitted for formula funding, institutions shall charge fees that are equal to or greater than Texas resident tuition 和 applicable fees 和 that are sufficient to cover the total cost of instruction 和 overhead, including administrative costs, benefits, computers 和 equipment, 和 other related costs.

费用报告

Institutions shall report fees received for self-supporting 和 out-of-state/country courses in accordance with general institutional accounting practices. 19 tac 4.279

更新日期：2020年3月31日