Missouri Laws 178.785 – Higher education core curriculum transfer act — definitions
The provisions of sections 178.785 to 178.789 shall be known and may be cited as the “Higher Education Core Curriculum Transfer Act”. For purposes of sections 178.785 to 178.789, the following terms mean:
(1) “Coordinating board”, the coordinating board for higher education established in section 173.005;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 178.785
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Core curriculum”, the basic competencies to be met, which shall include communicating, higher-order thinking, managing information, valuing, and includes the knowledge areas of social and behavioral sciences, humanities and fine arts, mathematics, and life and physical sciences;
(3) “Faculty member”, a person who is employed full-time by a community college or other public institution of higher education as a member of the faculty whose primary duties include teaching, research, academic service, or administration;
(4) “Native student”, a student whose initial college enrollment was at an institution of higher education and who has not transferred to any other institution since that initial enrollment and who has completed no more than eleven credit hours at any other institution of higher education.