34 C.F.R. 34 CFR--PART 600
Title 34 - Education
Effective Date(s): September 8, 2006 2. Section 600.2 is amended by: A. In the definition of Correspondence course, removing paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); B. Adding a definition of Direct assessment program; C. Revising the definitions of Educational program and Telecommunications course. The revisions and addition read as follows: * * * * * Direct assessment program: A program as described in 34 CFR 668.10. Educational program: (1) A legally authorized postsecondary program of organized instruction or study that: (i) Leads to an academic, professional, or vocational degree, or certificate, or other recognized educational credential; and (ii) May, in lieu of credit hours or clock hours as a measure of student learning, utilize direct assessment of student learning, or recognize the direct assessment of student learning by others, if such assessment is consistent with the accreditation of the institution or program utilizing the results of the assessment and with the provisions of §668.10. (2) The Secretary does not consider that an institution provides an educational program if the institution does not provide instruction itself (including a course of independent study) but merely gives credit for one or more of the following: Instruction provided by other institutions or schools; examinations or direct assessments provided by agencies or organizations; or other accomplishments such as “life experience.” * * * Telecommunications course: A course offered principally through the use of one or a combination of technologies including television, audio, or computer transmission through open broadcast, closed circuit, cable, microwave, or satellite; audio conferencing; computer conferencing; or video cassettes or discs to deliver instruction to students who are separated from the instructor and to support regular and substantive interaction between these students and the instructor, either synchronously or asynchronously. The term does not include a course that is delivered using video cassettes or disc recordings unless that course is delivered to students physically attending classes at the institution providing the course during the same award year. If the course does not qualify as a telecommunications course, it is considered to be a correspondence course. * * * * *
Amendment from August 09, 2006
34 CFR--PART 600
Amendment(s) published August 9, 2006, in 71 FR 45692
§ 600.2 Definitions.
