{"data":{"id":"us-nm/21-21g-3","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"21-21G-3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Graduate Scholarship Act:\nA. \"academic year\" means the consecutive period of two semesters or other comparable units commencing with the fall term each year;\nB. \"award recipient\" means a student who is a New Mexico resident and is awarded a graduate scholarship;\nC. \"department\" means the higher education department;\nD. \"eligible institution\" means a graduate-degree-granting state university enumerated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico and accredited by the higher learning commission;\nE. \"graduate field\" means a program of study intended to result in a master's or doctoral degree, excluding a doctor of medicine; and\nF. \"groups underrepresented in graduate education\" means women, minorities, persons with a visual impairment or other physical disability and other groups that have traditionally been underrepresented in the specific area of graduate study or profession for which the scholarship is awarded.","path":["Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions","ARTICLE 21G Graduate Fellowship"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18521/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"2a85609590def6c2de985873d56e618745a42d8af3f7f932fac3a1d5234bcde7","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/21-21g-2","next":"us-nm/21-21g-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}