Rule Administrator: University Student Records Office

The rules and regulations for establishing student residency for tuition purposes are defined by the New Mexico Higher Education Department which is authorized by the Constitution of the State of New Mexico and state statutes. All international students entering the United States on a non-immigrant student visa will apply for admission through the Office of…
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The University Student Records Office cannot provide official academic information to unauthorized persons, nor can it reduce the amount of information obtained in the registration process below what is required by the New Mexico Higher Education Department, state statutes, and the National Center for Education Statistics.  In these requirements, the University Student Records Office follows…
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PART 1: PURPOSE This rule clarifies NMSU system policy relating to transfer credit, including provisions for a unified framework pertaining to Credit for Prior Learning (CPL). The rule also authorizes the policy administrator to issue standard operating procedures (SOPs) to facilitate implementation by students, faculty and administrators. A summary or other graphic describing this rule…
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PART 1: INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), codified at 20 U.S.C. §1232 (g), protects the privacy of NMSU students’ educational records, absent (1) the student giving proper written consent for disclosure or (2) circumstances which meet one of the exceptions in the law warranting disclosure without prior consent.  This…
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