teach-out
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A program that lets students continue learning in another place after the closure (or unavailability) of the course or institution where they started (or were supposed to start) learning.
Example Sentences
- "In lieu of or in conjunction with a teach-out, students of closed IHEs may be able to continue their postsecondary education by transferring some or all of the credits earned at the closed IHE to another IHE."
- "Career Education Corporation, or CEC, the Illinois-based company that owns and runs Le Cordon Bleu's US locations, announced in December it would close all 16 of the campuses that share a name with the famous Parisian cooking school. The corporation is allowing a gradual "teach-out" of enrolled students; the last cohort began in January, and each campus will cease operations by September 2017. At the end of each block, a few chef-instructors depart."
- "If the closing school offers the option for students to complete their education through a teach-out agreement with another IHE, a student may refuse the option, and the borrower may still qualify for loan discharge."
- "No accrediting agency or association may be recognized by the Secretary as a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training offered by an institution seeking to participate in the programs authorized under this subchapter, unless the agency or association [...] requires an institution to submit for approval to the accrediting agency a teach-out plan upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (A) the Department notifies the accrediting agency of an action against the institution pursuant to section 1094(f) of this title; (B) the accrediting agency acts to withdraw, terminate, or suspend the accreditation of the institution; or (C) the institution notifies the accrediting agency that the institution intends to cease operations;"