Regulation .06 Criteria for Review of a Proposal for a New Program.

Centrality to mission and planning priorities, relationship to the program emphasis as outlined in the mission statements, and an institutional priority for program development;

Critical and compelling regional or Statewide need as identified in the State Plan;

Quantifiable and reliable evidence and documentation of market supply and demand in the region and service area;

Reasonableness of program duplication, if any;

Relevance to the implementation or maintenance of high-demand programs at HBIs;

Relevance to the support of the uniqueness and institutional identities and missions of HBIs;

Adequacy of curriculum design, program modality, and delivery to related learning outcomes, consistent with Regulation .10 of this chapter;

For public institutions, adequacy of articulation and transfer planning, consistent with Regulation .19 of this chapter;

Adequacy of faculty resources, consistent with Regulation .11 of this chapter;

Adequacy of library resources, consistent with Regulation .12 of this chapter;

Adequacy of physical facilities, infrastructure, and instructional equipment, consistent with Regulation .13 of this chapter;

Adequacy of financial resources with documentation, consistent with Regulation .14 of this chapter;

Adequacy of provisions for evaluation of program, consistent with Regulation .15 of this chapter;

Consistency with the Commission's minority student achievement goals;

Relationship to low productivity programs identified by the Commission; and

Adequacy of distance education programs under Regulation .22 of this chapter.