Four long-term goals, quality, access and choice, accountability, and HBI enhancement, guide the Commission's program approval responsibilities, with each goal having the following focus: Quality shall focus on the effectiveness of institutional actions, including: The extent to which an institution fulfills its stated mission; The centrality of a proposed program to the institution's approved mission; and The adherence of a proposed program to commonly accepted standards of academic practice as found in Regulation .06 of this chapter; Access and choice for Maryland citizens to higher education shall focus on the needs of citizens for higher education programs, services, and research, including: Financial assistance; Transferability of credit; Economic development; Equal opportunity concerns; and Expansion of educational opportunities and choices for minority and educationally disadvantaged students at institutions of higher education; 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 HBI enhancement shall focus on whether the proposed program advances the expansion of mission, program uniqueness, or institutional identity at HBIs.