§ 18A:3B-3 — Definitions.

3. For the purposes of this act, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: "Authority" means the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority established pursuant to N.J.S.18A:71A-3; "Commission" means the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education established by this act; "Council" means the New Jersey Presidents' Council established by this act; "Council of County Colleges" means the New Jersey Council of County Colleges established pursuant to N.J.S.18A:64A-26; "County college" means an educational institution established by one or more counties, pursuant to chapter 64A of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes; "Educational research and services corporation" means a nonprofit corporation whose voting members are public research universities, State colleges, county colleges, public institutions of higher education primarily located in the State of New Jersey, and nonprofit independent institutions of higher education that receive direct State aid; "Programmatic Mission" means all program offerings consistent within those levels of academic degrees or certificates that the institution has been authorized to grant by the State Board of Higher Education prior to the effective date of this act or approved thereafter by the commission; "Public Research University" means Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Rowan University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Montclair State University, and Kean University; "State college" means any of the State colleges or universities established pursuant to chapter 64 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes including any State college designated as a teaching university. L.1994, c.48, s.3; amended 1999, c.46, s.27; 2012, c.45, s.67; 2015, c.140, s.1; 2017, c.178, s.36; 2021, c.282, s.36.