North Dakota Century Code Title 15. Education § 15-18.1-01. Definitions

1. “Accredited” means approved by an accrediting body recognized by the United States department of education.

2. “Authorization to operate” or like term means approval of the board or North Dakota university system office, as applicable, to operate or to contract to operate a postsecondary educational institution in this state.

3. “Board” means the state board of higher education.

4. “Distance education” is education using one or more types of technology to deliver instruction to a student who is separated from the instructor and to support regular and substantive interaction between the student and the instructor synchronously or asynchronously.

5. “Education” or “educational services” or like term includes any class, course, or program of training, instruction, or study.

6. “Educational credentials” means a postsecondary credential leading to a diploma; certificate; or an associate, bachelor, master, or doctorate degree. This term does not include a postsecondary credential leading to an honorary degree or other unearned degree.

7. “Person” means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. The term does not include environmental elements, artificial intelligence, an animal, or an inanimate object.

8. “Physical presence” means a presence established by:

9. “Postsecondary educational institution” means an agency or political subdivision of the state, individual, partnership, company, firm, society, trust, association, corporation, or any combination that:

10. “To grant” includes awarding, selling, conferring, bestowing, or giving.

11. “To offer” includes, in addition to its usual meanings, advertising, publicizing, soliciting, or encouraging any individual, directly or indirectly, in any form, to perform the act described.