Section 21-21G-3 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

21-21G-3. Definitions.

As used in the Graduate Scholarship Act:  

A.     "academic year" means any consecutive period of two semesters, three quarters or other comparable units commencing with the fall term each year;  

B.     "award recipient" means a student awarded a graduate scholarship;  

C.     "department" means the higher education department;  

D.     "eligible institution" means any  graduate-degree-granting state university accredited by the north central association of colleges and secondary schools;  

E.     "graduate and professional field" means any program of study intended to result in a master's or doctoral degree, excluding the degree in medicine; and  

F.     "groups underrepresented in graduate education" means women, minorities, persons with a visual impairment or other physical disability and other groups who have traditionally been underrepresented in the specific area of graduate study or profession for which the scholarship is awarded.