Sec.10a-34-23. Off-campus instruction, correspondence courses, and use of electronic media

All credit instruction offered by an accredited institution away from the institution's primary campus or by correspondence, or through the electronic media, or other means of distance education, shall meet the same standards required of instruction offered on campus, including but not limited to the following:

(a) All credit instruction shall be consistent with the overall purposes and objectives of the offering institution.

(b) Standards for admission shall be the same as the standards applicable to students enrolled on the primary campus.

(c) There shall be qualified faculty or staff responsible for the coordination of off-campus instruction.

(d) The quality of off-campus instruction, including faculty selection and course approval, shall be the responsibility of the same academic unit which administers the program on the primary campus.

(e) All curricula shall be derived directly from approved programs. Each course shall be consistent in quality, content and standards with resident courses offered on the primary campus.

(f) Instruction shall be delivered by qualified instructional staff pursuant to Section 10a-34-13 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(g) All students shall have access to adequate facilities, equipment, library resources, academic advising and other necessary instructional support services, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 10a-34-9 through 10a-34-24, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. An institution providing instruction and programs by means of distance education may demonstrate compliance with the Board's approval standards through means equivalent to those used for resident instruction.

(Effective March 7, 1986; Amended December 2, 1999)