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Specifies that information must be typed into expandable fields and that the LOI should be five to six pages plus appendices. Details routing to the Commissioner of Higher Education and the Academic Affairs Committee, staff completeness review timelines, formal commentary requirements from the institution President, and response and circulation timeframes, including steps leading to subsequent proposal submission.","PHASE I: LETTER OF INTENT TEMPLATE\nFOR BOARD VOTE ON APPROVAL PROCESS\nReview Guidelines Prior to Submitting Materials\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.mass.edu/foradmin/academic/publicnewdegrees.asp\" \u0014https://www.mass.edu/foradmin/academic/publicnewdegrees.asp\u0015\nInformation should be typed directly into the boxes below, which will expand. Letter of Intent (LOI) document should be about five to six pages in addition to appendices. After the local approval process for the LOI has been completed, the President of the institution should submit this template and all required forms addressed to the Commissioner of Higher Education, and to the Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) of the Board of Higher Education (BHE).\nSubmissions are required to be in MS Word format. Please direct the completed to: \u0013 HYPERLINK \"mailto:PublicProgramReview@dhe.mass.edu\" \u0014PublicProgramReview@dhe.mass.edu\u0015\nA. Alignment with Massachusetts Goals for Public Higher Education\nB.  Alignment with Campus Strategic Plan and Mission\nC.  Alignment with Operational and Financial Objectives of the Institution\nComments and Response\nThe submitted LOI will be reviewed for completeness by staff. This process typically occurs within 15 business days from when it is received.  Once deemed complete, the LOI is circulated by the Deputy Commissioner of Academic Affairs and Student Success (the Deputy), to the AAC and SPC members of the BHE, public campus CAO’s, and to the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts (AICUM) representatives for relevant comments.\nFormal commentary to an LOI must come from an institution’s President, be addressed to the Commissioner of Higher Education, with a cc to the Deputy, and received within 20 business days from the date the LOI is circulated.\nAll commentary is sent to the community colleges and state university institution, where the proposed program LOI originated. University of Massachusetts commentary is sent to the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, and International Relations, who is responsible to forward the information to the specific campus\nResponses to any commentary are required. Responses must come from the LOI institution President and be addressed to the Commissioner of Higher Education, with a cc to the Deputy and submitted to awilliams@dhe.mass.edu. This written response to commentary must be received within 20 business days from the date it is sent to the President.\n\u000f\nA Note About Timelines\nProgram review is a serve-and-return process, which means that there are several communications back and forth between the institution and DHE staff as the submission is being reviewed.\nA campus should expect that an LOI (or proposal application) template submitted for staff validation and review for completion will be subject to a 15-business-day period of review.  Following this time frame the campus can expect staff to provide information regarding any further data that are needed for the LOI to be deemed complete.  This communication resets the 15-business-day time frame.  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