Appendix A: University of Florida Division of Continuing Education

Continuing education is defined as any course, program, conference, workshop, seminar, or other form of learning or training opportunity, either for credit or noncredit, that is fully or substantially funded from revenues derived from fees paid by participants or sponsors, or from other sources, that has an educational intent or objective, and is offered in addition to the traditional, residential courses and programs of the university. Budgetary administration of such programs will be through the university's auxiliary budgetary entity within the Division of Continuing Education in compliance with 6C-8.002 (F.A.C.). All courses offered through the SUS-wide correspondence study program at the University of Florida (as specified in 6C-8.002 [F.A.C.]) are also defined as continuing education courses and programs whether funded by student credit hour (SCH) generation of revenues or from fees paid by students.

To Wit (6C-8.002): The university president is charged with the responsibility to "establish a Continuing Education Activity as part of the Auxiliary Budget Entity for the purpose of planning, offering, and recovering all costs of non-credit courses. The costs of these courses may be recovered from non-E&G sources such as grants, contracts, directly from participants, and combinations of these sources. The Continuing Education Activity within the Auxiliary Budget Entity may also be used for the purpose of planning, offering, and recovering all costs of sponsored credit institutes and programs as provided by Rule 6C-7.008."

(6C7.008--Authority for the University President to waive usual tuition and recover costs of the course from fees paid by a single sponsor such as a business, organization, or other legally constituted entity. No participants are allowed to pay fees individually, and the university forgoes the generation of fundable Student Credit Hours [SCH]).

(6C-8.002 [continued]) "Likewise, the Auxiliary Budget Entity may be used for the recovery of any additional fees established by the president for off-campus credit classes as provided by Rule 6C-7.003."

(6C-7.003[30]-The university president is "authorized to establish fees for off-campus course offerings when the location results in specific, identifiable increased costs to the university. These fees will be in addition to the regular Student Credit Hour fees charged to students enrolling in these courses on-campus. The additional fees charged are for the purpose of recovering the increased costs resulting from off-campus vis-à-vis-on-campus offerings."

(6C-8.002 [continued])--The Auxiliary Budget Entity may also be used "for continuing education credit courses as provided by 6C-8.002 (2)(b)(4)."

(6C-8.002[2][b][4]-Allows the university president "To approve continuing education credit courses and to establish the fees for these activities when there is a demonstrated and justified need"...in effect allowing the president to waive the normal tuition and recover the costs of operating the course from individual student fee payments. The generation of fundable Student Credit Hours (SCH) is not permitted when a course is funded in this manner.