2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions
Section 21I Minority Doctoral Assistance
Section 21-21I-3 Definitions.

21-21I-3. Definitions.

As used in the Minority Doctoral Assistance Loan for Service Program Act [21-21I-1 NMSA 1978]:

A. "academic committee" means a committee at a sponsoring institution appointed by the president of the institution and composed of two faculty members, two academic administrators and one central administrator;

B. "commission" ["department"] means the commission on higher education [higher education department];

C. "eligible institution" means a commission-approved institution of higher education that offers a doctoral degree-granting program in the fields of engineering, physical or life sciences, mathematics or other academic disciplines in which ethnic minorities and women are demonstrably underrepresented;

D. "sponsoring institution" means a four-year public post-secondary institution located in New Mexico; and

E. "student" means an individual who is an ethnic minority or a woman and who has been accepted for enrollment at an eligible institution to undertake a post-baccalaureate course of instruction in the field of engineering, physical or life sciences or mathematics.

History: Laws 1990 (1st S.S.), ch. 8, 3; 1991, ch. 262, 24; 1994, ch. 79, 2.