WAC 132I-160-020   Definitions.  The following terms are defined below:

     (1) Applicants: Persons seeking admission to Highline Community College.

     (2) Students: Applicants granted admission to Highline Community College.

     (3) Veterans: Applicants or students who are eligible to receive Department of Veterans' Affairs Educational Benefits.

     (4) Vietnam veterans: Veterans who have documented service in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, or Vietnam during the period of August 5, 1964, to April 11, 1975.

     (5) International students: Applicants or students who are not United States citizens and who need F-1 or J-1 visas to attend Highline Community College.

     (6) Newly admitted students: Students who have not previously attended Highline Community College.

     (7) Currently enrolled students: Students who are registered in credit courses in the current quarter who wish to register for the following quarter. Students may skip summer quarter and maintain this status.

     (8) Former students: Students who were registered in credit courses in a previous quarter but who are not currently enrolled in credit courses.

     (9) Resident students: Resident students are applicants who can prove they have lived in Washington state for the entire year before the start of the quarter in which they register. Resident status may also be extended under certain conditions to Washington state higher education employees, federal employees, military personnel, and some veterans. These rules may extend to spouses, minor children, and dependents under most circumstances. More detailed definition is available in RCW 28B.15.012. A copy of the Revised Code of Washington is available in the Highline Community College library.

     (10) Nonresident students: Students who meet the definition according to RCW 28B.15.012(3). A copy of the Revised Code of Washington is available in the Highline Community College library.

     (11) Not regularly admitted students: Students who are eighteen years old or older and who do not have a high school diploma or GED.

     (12) Registration by appointment: The initial period of registration for each quarter. Students and applicants are assigned days and times to register based upon the number of credits earned at Highline Community College. Students and applicants who wish to register for evening, Saturday, or continuing education courses do not require registration appointments. Those students register on a first-come, first-served basis during open enrollment.

     (13) Late registration: The period of registration after registration by appointment. It continues through the end of the first week of the quarter. Few courses are available.

     (14) Open enrollment: Class registration for which no appointments are necessary. Registration occurs on a first-come first-serve basis. Open enrollment occurs any time during the registration period for applicants or students who wish to register for evening, Saturday, or continuing education courses. It occurs during late registration for applicants or students who wish to register for daytime credit courses.

     (15) GED: The General Educational Development test of the American Council on Education.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW et seq., RCW 28B.50.100 and 28B.50.140. 92-15-115, § 132I-160-020, filed 7/21/92, effective 8/21/92; Order 013, § 132I-160-020, filed 1/6/76.]