The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
  (1) Planning Notification--Formal notification from an institution that planning has begun for a proposal for a new degree program.
  (2) Board--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
  (3) Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher Education.
  (4) Mission Statement--A narrative description of the general mission of each institution prepared by the institution and approved by its Board of Regents. The statement should address the fundamental purpose of the institution with respect to its teaching, research, and public service responsibilities. The institution's special concerns for quality and access, liberal arts, admissions, career-oriented programming, extension and articulation with community colleges and public schools, traditional and nontraditional education, and similar issues also may be described. The mission statement must be consistent with any statutory mission description.
  (5) Organized classes--Classes whose primary mode of instruction is lecture, laboratory, or seminar.
  (6) Planning--An institution is considered by the Board to be planning for a new degree program if it takes any action that leads to the preparation of a proposal for a new program, including hiring personnel, including consultants and planning deans, leasing and/or purchasing real estate, building facilities, and/or developing curriculum.
  (7) Program Inventory--The official list of all degree and certificate programs approved for a public community college, university or health-related institution.
  (8) Role and Mission or Role and Scope--Equivalent phrases used to refer to the overall purpose of an institution, including its role within the overall system of Texas higher education. The role and mission for a university or health-related institution are described in its Mission Statement.
  (9) Texas Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Coding System--The Texas adaptation of the federal Classification of Instructional Programs taxonomy developed by the National Center for Education Statistics and used nationally to classify instructional programs and report educational data.
  (10) Selected Public Colleges--Those public colleges authorized to offer baccalaureate degrees in Texas.
  (11) Statutory mission description--A statement of an institution's mission or purpose that is established directly in statute.

Source Note: The provisions of this §5.23 adopted to be effective May 28, 2003, 28 TexReg 4124; amended to be effective May 12, 2005, 30 TexReg 2661; amended to be effective November 28, 2007, 32 TexReg 8490; amended to be effective November 29, 2011, 36 TexReg 8010; amended to be effective November 24, 2013, 38 TexReg 8426; amended to be effective November 23, 2016, 41 TexReg 9108