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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 13B.02.03.06" title_num="13B" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="03" heading="Criteria for Review of a Proposal for a New Program.">
  <text>A program proposal for a new program shall address the following areas:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Centrality to mission and planning priorities, relationship to the program emphasis as outlined in the mission statements, and an institutional priority for program development;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Critical and compelling regional or Statewide need as identified in the State Plan;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Quantifiable and reliable evidence and documentation of market supply and demand in the region and service area;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Reasonableness of program duplication, if any;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Relevance to the implementation or maintenance of high-demand programs at HBIs;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Relevance to the support of the uniqueness and institutional identities and missions of HBIs;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Adequacy of curriculum design, program modality, and delivery to related learning outcomes, consistent with Regulation .10 of this chapter;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>For public institutions, adequacy of articulation and transfer planning, consistent with Regulation .19 of this chapter;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Adequacy of faculty resources, consistent with Regulation .11 of this chapter;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Adequacy of library resources, consistent with Regulation .12 of this chapter;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>Adequacy of physical facilities, infrastructure, and instructional equipment, consistent with Regulation .13 of this chapter;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>Adequacy of financial resources with documentation, consistent with Regulation .14 of this chapter;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="M.">
    <text>Adequacy of provisions for evaluation of program, consistent with Regulation .15 of this chapter;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="N.">
    <text>Consistency with the Commission's minority student achievement goals;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="O.">
    <text>Relationship to low productivity programs identified by the Commission; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="P.">
    <text>Adequacy of distance education programs under Regulation .22 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>