[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR646.1]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
             CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION,
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 646--STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 646.1  What is the Student Support Services Program?


    The Student Support Services Program provides grants for projects 
designed to--
    (a) Increase the retention and graduation rates of eligible 
students;
    (b) Increase the transfer rate of eligible students from two-year to 
four-year institutions; and
    (c) Foster an institutional climate supportive of the success of 
low-income and first generation college students and individuals with 
disabilities through services such as those described in Sec. 646.4.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-14)