New Jersey Statutes 18A:72M-1. Definitions
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:72M-1
- Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- Higher education: means that education which is provided by any or all of the public institutions of higher education as herein defined and any or all equivalent private institutions. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
1. As used in this act:
“Eligible discipline” means an academic discipline in which minority individuals are underrepresented as determined by the Commission on Higher Education in consultation with the Board of Directors of the Educational Opportunity Fund and the New Jersey Presidents’ Council.
“Minority” means any person who is a member of a racial-ethnic group that has been historically disadvantaged in obtaining access to equal educational opportunities.
“Program” means the Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program established pursuant to this act.
L.1991,c.485,s.1; amended 1994, c.48, s.289; 1999, c.46, s.63.