53B-18-901. Distance Education Doctorate Program.
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The Legislature finds that:
Terms Used In Utah Code 53B-18-901- 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
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
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many Utah public education administrators are nearing the end of their careers and will retire early in the 21st Century; |
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Utah public schools have many mid-career faculty that could become the next wave of administrators if they were prepared with a doctorate in education degree that emphasized curriculum and instruction; |
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each of Utah’s community colleges have several faculty that need a terminal degree and further knowledge in curriculum development and state-of-the-art instructional methodology, and these individuals, being mid-career, find it difficult to relocate to a college campus for a traditional program; and |
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the state and its students will be better served if faculty and administrators are more knowledgeable about the development of curriculum and the latest instructional methodology based on documented research. |
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Therefore, Utah State University shall establish a Distance Education Doctorate Program to accommodate public education administrators and community college faculty and administration. |
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The program shall include the following components:
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the offering of courses for a doctorate degree in education over the system established under 1; |
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structuring of the program to make it identical to a regular campus program in rigor and course work; and |
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providing a support system from at least the following five departments at the university:
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Elementary Education; |
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Secondary Education; |
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Business Information Systems and Education; |
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Industrial Technology; and |
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Agricultural Systems Technology and Education. |
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The university shall augment the program with off-campus summer courses, with those courses eventually being offered over the system established under 1. |
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The Legislature shall provide an annual appropriation to fund the program established under this part. |
Amended by Chapter 63, 2014 General Session
