Arizona Laws 32-3022. License to grant degrees
A. A person doing business for profit or not for profit in this state, except a public community college or public university, shall not grant or offer to grant a degree to any person or operate an institution which grants or offers to grant a degree to any person unless the person doing business holds a license to grant degrees issued pursuant to this chapter. Each degree program offered by a holder of a license to grant degrees shall be authorized on the license. The board shall prescribe the manner in which the degrees, including level and subject area, shall be identified on the license.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-3022
- Accredited: means accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States department of education. See Arizona Laws 32-3001
- Board: means the state board for private postsecondary education. See Arizona Laws 32-3001
- Degree: means an academic degree or honorary degree or the title of any designation, mark, appellation, series of letters or words including associate, bachelor, master, doctor or fellow which signifies, purports to signify or is generally taken to signify satisfactory completion of the requirements of an educational program of study beyond the secondary school level or which is an honorary title conferred for recognition of some meritorious achievement. See Arizona Laws 32-3001
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Grant: means award, bestow, confer, convey or sell. See Arizona Laws 32-3001
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Operate: means to establish, keep, maintain or utilize a physical facility, location or mailing address in this state where, from which or through which students are procured for private vocational or private degree programs, private vocational or private degree programs are offered or private vocational credentials or private degrees are offered or granted and includes contracting for the performance of any of these acts. See Arizona Laws 32-3001
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. An applicant for a license to grant degrees shall have each degree program it offers accredited or have institutional accreditation with an accrediting agency recognized by the United States department of education. The board shall prescribe appropriate evidence of accreditation which each applicant shall submit and the manner in which degree programs shall be identified for institutional accreditation.
C. Notwithstanding subsection B of this section, an applicant for a license to grant degrees who offers a degree program which is not accredited shall meet all of the following requirements:
1. Application or commitment to apply for accreditation with an accrediting agency recognized by the United States department of education. The board shall prescribe the manner in which the applicant shall demonstrate application or commitment to apply for accreditation and the time periods in which the various stages of accreditation shall be met.
2. Demonstration in the manner prescribed by the board, including on-site verification, that the applicant meets the requirements prescribed in section 32-3021, subsections B and C if the applicant has not met the requirements in its application for accreditation.
3. Demonstration in the manner prescribed by the board that the applicant who offers the degree provides actual instruction relating to each degree.
D. The board may, on application, issue a license to grant degrees to a new educational institution as provided in this section, except that the board shall establish separate minimum standards for licensure requirements of new educational institutions. The minimum standards may include the modification of licensure requirements as provided in section 32-3021, subsection B, paragraphs 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 to meet the circumstances of new educational institutions. The board shall monitor the new educational institution to ensure compliance with the licensure requirements. The board shall issue a license to grant degrees as provided in this subsection one time only to new educational institutions.
E. This section does not apply to religious degrees which are used solely for religious purposes within a religious organization which has tax exempt status from the internal revenue service.