Four long-term goals, quality, access and choice, accountability, and HBI enhancement, guide the Commission's program approval responsibilities, with each goal having the following focus:
A. Quality shall focus on the effectiveness of institutional actions, including:(1) The extent to which an institution fulfills its stated mission;(2) The centrality of a proposed program to the institution's approved mission; and(3) The adherence of a proposed program to commonly accepted standards of academic practice as found in Regulation .06 of this chapter;B. Access and choice for Maryland citizens to higher education shall focus on the needs of citizens for higher education programs, services, and research, including: (1) Financial assistance;(2) Transferability of credit;(3) Economic development;(4) Equal opportunity concerns; and(5) Expansion of educational opportunities and choices for minority and educationally disadvantaged students at institutions of higher education;C. Accountability shall focus on whether there is a comprehensive set of reliable and valid indicators, appropriate to the mission of the institution, which can assess an institution's effectiveness in delivering the proposed program; andD. HBI enhancement shall focus on whether the proposed program advances the expansion of mission, program uniqueness, or institutional identity at HBIs.Md. Code Regs. 13B.02.03.05
Regulations .05 Minimum Requirements for Degree-Granting 2-Year Colleges, repealed effective December 14, 1987 (14:25 Md. R. 2662)
Regulations .05 Minimum Requirements for Associate Degree-Granting Institutions, adopted effective December 14, 1987 (14:25 Md. R. 2662)
Regulations .05 Minimum Requirements for Associate Degree-Granting Institutions, repealed effective April 10, 1995 (22:7 Md. R. 537)
Regulations .05 Academic Programs - Degree-Granting Institutions, adopted effective July 1, 1996 (23:13 Md. R. 945)