For the purposes of this Act:
     “Post-secondary educational institution” means a privately-operated college, junior college or university offering degrees and instruction above the high school level either in residence or by correspondence.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 110 ILCS 1005/1

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization

     “Board” means the Board of Higher Education established under “An Act creating a Board of Higher Education, defining its powers and duties, making an appropriation therefor, and repealing an Act herein named”, approved August 22, 1961, as now or hereafter amended.
     “Degree” means any designation, appellation, series of letters or words, or other symbol which signifies or purports to signify that the recipient thereof has satisfactorily completed an organized academic program of study beyond the secondary school level.