New Jersey Statutes 18A:72F-3. Definitions relative to minority faculty advancement
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:72F-3
- Academic year: means the period between the time school opens in any school district or under any board of education after the general summer vacation until the next succeeding summer vacation. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- 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
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. “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.
b. “Faculty member” means any person employed full-time by a New Jersey college or university to perform primarily teaching, research, or administrative duties for 10 or more months per academic year.
c. “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.
d. “Program” means the Minority Faculty Advancement Program created pursuant to this act.
e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1999, c.46.)
f. “Eligible student participant” means a minority student enrolled in a doctoral degree program in an eligible discipline, as defined in this section, at any New Jersey college or university that qualifies for and agrees to participate in the program.
g. “New Jersey college or university” means any public or independent institution of higher education in the State licensed by the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education.
L.1984,c.189,s.3; amended 1994, c.48, s.272; 1999, c.46, s.54.