COMAR Title 13B.02.03 - Maryland Higher Education Commission

(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; and
D. HBI enhancement shall focus on whether the proposed program advances the
expansion of mission, program uniqueness, or institutional identity at HBIs.
13B.02.03.06
.06 Criteria for Program Review.
A program proposal shall address the following areas:
A. Centrality to mission and planning priorities, relationship to the program emphasis
as outlined in the mission statements, and an institutional priority for program
development;
B. Critical and compelling regional or Statewide need as identified in the State Plan;
C. Quantifiable and reliable evidence and documentation of market supply and
demand in the region and service area;
D. Reasonableness of program duplication, if any;
E. Relevance to the implementation or maintenance of high-demand programs at
HBIs;
F. Relevance to the support of the uniqueness and institutional identities and missions
of HBIs;
G. Adequacy of curriculum design and delivery to related learning outcomes consistent
with Regulation .10 of this chapter;
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