2025-26 Audit and Reporting Guidelines Format Final- Harsha

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On-site Audit: An audit conducted on the premises of a college campus and/or its associated facilities (i.e. off-campus site).. It involves inspectingmonitoring the college’s admissions and enrollment records for statutory compliance. Off-site Audit: An audit conducted from at an offsite location, also referred to as a remote audit. It involves inspectingmonitoring the co llege’s admissions and enrollment records for statutory compliance at a location off the premises of a college campus and/or its associated facilities (i.e. off-campus site).. Off-Campus Site: An off-campus site is a location, which provides a very limited selection of course offerings (usually academic) that support the instructional mission of a campus or center. Such a site provides minimal library and student support services. Facilities generally are not owned by the college, but may be leased. The existence of an off-campus site does not imply commitment to maintain or to continue operation. A community or junior college must obtain approval from the State Board on a semester-by-semester basis to offer courses at an off-campus site in accordance with § 37-29-69 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated. Off-Schedule Course: An off-schedule course is any course taught during a regular semester that has a different census date than that of the regular semester’s courses. These courses will either be longer or shorter than the standard classes scheduled for that term. Perkins: This refers to the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 20062018. Colleges are required to submit accountability reports annually to the MS Department of Education in order to receive federal funds through Perkins. ● U.S. Nonresident: A person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in this country on a visa or temporary basis and does not have the right to remain indefinitely. Note: U.S. Nonresidents are to be reported separately in the places provided, rather than in any of the racial/ethnic categories described above. [ Note: U.S. Resident (and other eligible non citizens): A person who is not a citizen or national of the United States but who has been admitted as a legal immigrant for the purpose of obtaining permanent U.S. resident status (and who holds either a registration card (Form I-551 or I-151), a Temporary Resident Card (Form I-688), or an Arrival-Departure Record (Form I-94) with a notation that conveys legal immigrant status such as Section 207 Refugee, Section 208 Asylee, Conditional Entrant Parolee or Cuban-Haitian). Note: U.S. residents are to be reported in the appropriate racial/ethnic categories along with United States citizens.] Race is based in the following five nine categorizations (IPEDS definitions): ● American Indian or Alaska Native: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America ), and ) who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community attachment.  ● Asian: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. ● Black or African American: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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