This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format.
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 MD | Signed into law 05/2012 | Postsec. | Establishes a Student Transfer Advisory Committee that is to review and analyze articulation and student support services, including admission and advising practices and any other student transfer related issues referred to the Committee by the Maryland Higher Education Commission; Requires the Committee to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2013, and each odd-numbered year thereafter. http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/bills/sb/sb0967t.pdf
Title: S.B. 967
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| VA | Issued 03/2010 | Postsec. | Establishes the Governor's Commission on Higher Education Reform, Innovation and Investment. Directs the commission to consider the current state of public and private higher education in the state, and best practices in other states and countries. Directs the commission to make findings and recommendations for addressing the following priorities:
(1) Preserving and enhancing the instructional excellence of Virginia's leading universities and of the higher education system as a whole
(2) Significantly increasing the percentage of college-age Virginians who enroll in colleges and complete degrees
(3) Attracting and preparing young people for the STEM areas and other disciplines (e.g., healthcare and advanced manufacturing) where skill shortages now exist and/or unmet demand is anticipated
(4) Forging new public-private partnerships and regional strategies for business recruitment, workforce preparation, and university-based research
(5) Making the state a national leader in providing higher education opportunities to military personnel and veterans
(6) Crafting a sustainable higher education funding model that will move Virginia toward higher levels of educational attainment and economic competitiveness over the next 15 years
(7) Developing innovative ways to deliver quality instruction, cost-saving reform strategies, and affordable new pathways to degree attainment for Virginians, regardless of income or background
(8) Evaluating strategies to reduce costs through additional college placement testing and accelerated degree completion
(9) Creating effective workforce development programs through expanded use of the community college system in coordination with the commission on economic development and job creation.
Calls for the creation of the following committees, and identifies tasks for each committee: (1) Increased Degree Attainment, Financial Aid and Workforce Training; (2) Implement Innovation and Cost Containment; and (3) Regional Strategies/Partnerships for Research and Economic Development.
Directs the committee to submit its interim findings and recommendations on matters potentially impacting the executive budget by September 30, 2010. Directs the commission to an interim report of its activities, findings and recommendations by November 30, 2010. Provides the interim report must focus primarily on increasing degree attainment, concentrating increased educational attainment in STEM areas and other high-demand and high-income fields, a model for higher education funding, and partnerships through which public and private colleges and community colleges participate actively in economic development and workforce training. Directs the commission to continue to meet and make recommendations on additional stated objectives throughout 2011.
Provides this executive order will become effective upon signing and remain in full force and effect until March 26, 2011 unless amended or rescinded by further executive order.
http://www.governor.virginia.gov/Issues/ExecutiveOrders/pdf/EO_9.pdf
Title: E.O. 9
Source: www.governor.virginia.gov
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| TX | Adopted 11/2009 | Postsec. | Texas Educ. Code § 61.086 directs the higher education coordinating board to develop and annually update a uniform strategy to identify, attract, retain and enroll students that reflect the population of this state, and for institutions of higher education to implement the uniform strategy and report annually on the manner in which the strategy has been implemented.
New rule implements the Uniform Recruitment and Retention Strategy for Texas public institutions of higher education. Requires the board to evaluate the effectiveness of the Uniform Recruitment and Retention Strategy plans on a statewide basis and with respect to each institution based on how the plan will address the state's master plan for higher education, Closing the Gaps by 2015 (http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=858D2E7C-F5C8-97E9-0CDEB3037C1C2CA3). Requires the board to incorporate the Uniform Recruitment and Retention Strategy into:
(1) Standards for new Baccalaureate and Master's Degree Programs
(2) The review of low-producing degree programs
(3) The approval process for doctoral and health-related degree programs
(4) The evaluation methodology for Tuition Revenue Bond Projects
(5) The review and evaluation of request for proposals and request for applications from institutions of higher education.
Requires annual institution reports to the coordinating board on participation in higher education to include:
(1) Student performance/success data
(2) Student participation data
(3) Information relating to the costs of the program and funding source, and number of students served
(4) The academic progress made by students as well as other outcomes related to Closing the Gaps by 2015.
Directs institutions to collect data and evaluate success based on the following elements and connect them to the accelerated targets for Closing the Gaps by 2015: (A) Partnership with high-need, low-college going rate public schools; (B) Pre-college academic outreach; (C) Application assistance; (D) Financial aid assistance; (E) Academic support programs; (F) Tutoring/mentoring programs; (G) Academic advising; and
(H) Early Alert Systems that include academic support for at-risk students.
Provides that the coordinating board reserves the right to audit any program reported as a part of the Uniform Recruitment and Retention Strategy. Defines "noncompliance" with any Closing the Gaps by 2015 reporting requirements, including the Uniform Recruitment and Retention Strategy. Directs the coordinating board to withhold program approvals, all coordinating board grant funding, and up to 22 points in the Tuition Revenue Bond approval process for any noncompliant institution.
--Sections 4.240 -4.244 are adopted without changes as published in the August 7, 2009, issue of the Texas Register (see pp 15-17 of 100: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0807/0807prop.pdf).
--§4.245 is adopted with changes to the proposed text (for text as adopted, see p 10 of 28 http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1120/1120adop.pdf)
Title: 19 TAC 1.4.O.4.240 -.245
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Requires the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to submit a report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for submission to the Legislature every other year concerning the participation, both as students and employees, of ethnic and racial minorities, women and other members of protected classes in the State System of Higher Education, and to make that report available to the public. Chapter 157
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/AB/AB327_en.pdf
Title: A.B. 327
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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