§ 21-21G-3 — Definitions

As used in the Graduate Scholarship Act: A. "academic year" means the consecutive period of two semesters or other comparable units commencing with the fall term each year; B. "award recipient" means a student who is a New Mexico resident and is awarded a graduate scholarship; C. "department" means the higher education department; D. "eligible institution" means a graduate-degree-granting state university enumerated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico and accredited by the higher learning commission; E. "graduate field" means a program of study intended to result in a master's or doctoral degree, excluding a doctor of medicine; and F. "groups underrepresented in graduate education" means women, minorities, persons with a visual impairment or other physical disability and other groups that have traditionally been underrepresented in the specific area of graduate study or profession for which the scholarship is awarded.

Legislative History

Laws 1988, ch. 111, § 3; 1991, ch. 262, § 9; 2007, ch. 46, § 10; 2025, ch. 92, §