N.J. Admin. Code § 9A:17-1.2
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Beneficiary" means an individual hired by an eligible institution pursuant to the incentive hiring grant provisions of the Minority Faculty Advancement Program Act (18A:72F-4) .
"Campus assistance grant" means State funding to a host institution to provide assistance for doctoral fellows and to participants in the prior MAC program under the Minority Faculty Advancement Program (18A:72F-1 et seq.).
"Commission" means the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, created pursuant to chapter 3B of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
"Doctoral fellow" means an individual who has been accepted by the Executive Director after July 1, 1999 to receive a doctoral study fellowship and related support services pursuant to the campus assistance grant provisions of the Minority Faculty Advancement Program Act.
"Eligible institution" means a public institution of higher education or a private institution with a public purpose as defined in the Independent College and University Assistance Act (18A:72B-15 et seq.) that elects to participate in the incentive hiring grant component of the Minority Faculty Advancement Program.
"Eligible student loan" means any loan received by a beneficiary for purposes of pursuing collegiate study at the undergraduate or graduate level.
"Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education.
"Faculty member" means any person employed full-time by a New Jersey institution of higher education to perform primarily teaching, research, or administrative duties.
"Faculty mentor" means any person employed full-time by a New Jersey institution of higher education to perform primarily teaching or research duties who agrees to participate in the Minority Faculty Advancement Program and abide by all terms and conditions of such participation as set forth in this chapter.
"Full-time student" means one who, in a semester, quarter, or the equivalent thereof, is engaged in coursework or research necessary to constitute full-time status as defined by the host institution, in the case of MAC doctoral fellows and prior MAC program participants.
"Higher Education Student Assistance Authority" means that entity created pursuant to Subtitle 12A of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes and responsible for continuing to administer the loan and loan redemption components of the phased-out Minority Faculty Advancement Loan and Loan Redemption program.
"Host institution" means a public institution of higher education or a private institution with a public purpose as defined in the Independent College and University Assistance Act (18A:72B-15 et seq.) which has authority under the laws of New Jersey to award doctoral degrees and which enters into an agreement with the Commission, under the Minority Faculty Advancement Program, to provide institutional support for graduate MAC fellows pursuing doctorates in eligible disciplines and to disburse State campus assistance grants as set forth in this chapter.
"Incentive hiring grant" means State funding to reimburse a participating institution for moneys the institution expended to redeem student loans for employees hired pursuant to the incentive hiring grant provisions of the Minority Faculty Advancement Program Act (18A:72F-4) .
"Minority Academic Career (MAC) Program" encompasses the Minority Faculty Advancement Program (18A:72F-1 through 4 and 18A:72F-10 through 13).
"Prior MAC program" means the Minority Faculty Advancement Loan and Loan Redemption Program, which is phased out under 18A:72F-1 et seq.
"Prior (MAC) program participant" means an individual who was actively participating in the prior MAC program before July 1, 1999 by virtue of having received under that program during the 1998-99 academic year either support to attend professional meetings in his or her field or a minority faculty advancement loan.
N.J. Admin. Code § 9A:17-1.2