Section 1030.20  Definitions

Unless otherwise stated, all definitions apply to all terms used in these rules in conjunction with both the 1945 Act and the 1961 Act.

            "Authorization to Grant Degrees" means the letter from the Board giving an institution authorization to grant specific degrees under the 1961 Act.

            "Authorization to Operate" means the letter from the Board authorizing an institution to operate under the 1961 Act.

            "Board" means the Illinois Board of Higher Education. In those cases where the term is used to refer to prior approval or lack of prior approval for either an institution or a degree program, the term "Board" shall mean either the Board of Higher Education or one of the two previous administrative agencies which administered this Act (the Board of Education or the Superintendent of Public Instruction), as appropriate.

            "Certificate of Approval" means the letter from the Board giving an institution approval to operate under the 1945 Act.

            "Degree" means any designation, appellation, series of letters or words, or other symbol which signifies or purports to signify that the recipient thereof has satisfactorily completed an organized academic program of study beyond the secondary school level. For the purposes of these rules, an "organized academic program of study beyond the secondary school level" shall be defined as:

            Any academic program, regardless of duration, which offers any designation, appellation, series of letters or words or other symbol known as or labeled as an associate degree, a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, a doctor's degree, a professional degree or a certificate of advanced study; or

            Any academic program of more than 12 months in duration, except for:

            Any program which is devoted entirely to religion or theology, or

            Any program which is offered by any institution operating under the authority of "An Act in regulation of business and vocational schools (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 144, pars. 136-162).

            "Degree program" means the standard required course of study, or its equivalent, leading to a degree.

            "New degree program" means one or more of the following:

            A degree program offered at a different educational level from a degree program already approved at a given institution.

            A degree program in a different two-digit HEGIS (Higher Education General Information Survey developed by the National Center for Educational Statistics) code category from that already authorized.

            A new professional or specialist degree or certificate.

            "The 1945 Act" means "An Act providing for the regulation of privately-operated colleges, junior colleges and universities" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 144, pars. 121-135).

            "The 1961 Act" means "An Act to regulate the granting and academic degrees, diplomas and certificates by certain educational institutions, to provide penalties for the violation thereof and to make an appropriation therefore" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 144, pars. 231-240).

(Source:  Amended at 4 Ill. Reg. 48, p. 200, effective November 19, 1980)