§ 21-7-13-10 — "College or university"

"College or university" means a
postsecondary educational institution that meets the following
requirements:
(1) Is authorized by law to provide a program of education beyond
the high school level.
(2) Admits as regular students only individuals having a
certificate of graduation from a high school or the recognized
equivalent of such a certificate.
(3) Provides an educational program:
(A) for which the higher education institution awards a
baccalaureate or an associate degree;
(B) in which admission is contingent upon the prior attainment
of a baccalaureate degree or the equivalent, for which the
higher education institution:
(i) awards a postgraduate degree; or
(ii) provides not less than a two (2) year program that is
acceptable for full credit toward a postgraduate degree; or
(C) of a two (2) year duration in engineering, mathematics, or
the physical or biological sciences, that is designed to prepare
the student to work as a technician and at a semiprofessional
level in an engineering, a scientific, or other technological field
that requires the understanding and application of basic
engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles or
knowledge.
(4) Is accredited by a regional accrediting agency or association
or by an organization recognized by the United States Department
of Education, or, if not so accredited is an institution whose
credits are accepted on transfer by not less than three (3)
institutions that are accredited by a regional accrediting agency or
association or by an organization recognized by the United States
Department of Education, with the credits accepted on the same
basis as if the credits were transferred from an accredited
institution.
[Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citations:
20-12-63-3(10) part; 21-9-2-16.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.243.