W. Va. Code R. § 135-20-5

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 135-20-5 - Institutional Titles

5.1. An institution shall use a title appropriate to the program and degree it offers in this State.

5.2. No person, firm, association, institution, trust corporation or other entity shall use in any manner the term "college" or "university" or any abbreviation thereof, or any words or terms tending to designate it as, or create the impression that it is, an authorized institution, unless and until it obtains authorization as provided in this rule.

5.3. This section does not apply to any institution which used the term "college" or "university" prior to July 1, 2006.

5.4. This section does not apply to individual proprietorships, associations, co-partnerships, or public or private corporations which use the words "college" or "university" in their branding of training programs the delivery of which is limited to their employees or customers, which do not offer degree programs, and whose name includes the word "college" or "university" in a context from which it clearly appears that such entity is not an educational institution.

W. Va. Code R. § 135-20-5