[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR649.6]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 649--PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 649.6  What definitions apply?

    (a) Definitions in EDGAR. The following terms used in this part are 
defined in 34 CFR 77.1:

Applicant
Application
Award
EDGAR
Grant
Nonprofit
Secretary

    (b) Other definitions. The following definitions also apply to this 
part:
    Academic field means an area of study in a professional school, 
academic department, or similar organizational unit within an 
institution of higher education.
    Academic year means the 12-month period beginning with the fall 
instructional term of the institution.
    Careers that serve the public interest means careers in government 
or in nonprofit community service organizations at the local, State, 
national, or international level.

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    Department means any department, program, unit or any other 
administrative subdivision of an institution of higher education that--
    (i) Directly administers or supervises postbaccalaureate instruction 
in a specific discipline; and
    (ii) Has the authority to award academic course credit acceptable to 
meet degree requirements at an institution of higher education.
    Doctoral study means a postbaccalaureate program of study leading to 
a degree in any academic field of graduate study that requires a 
dissertation.
    Fellow means a recipient of a fellowship under this part.
    Fellowship means an award made by an institution of higher education 
to an individual for master's level, professional, or doctoral study 
under this part.
    Financial need means the fellow's financial need, as determined 
under part F of title IV of the HEA, for the period of the fellow's 
enrollment.
    HEA means the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.
    Institution means an institution of higher education.
    Institution of higher education means an institution of higher 
education, other than a school or department of divinity, as defined in 
section 1201(a) of the HEA.
    Institutional payment means the amount paid by the Secretary to the 
institution of higher education in which the fellow is enrolled to be 
applied against the tuition and fees required of the fellow by the 
institution in support of the fellow's instructional program.
    Inter-discipline means a course of study that involves academic 
fields in two or more disciplines.
    Master's level study means a postbaccalaureate program of study 
leading to a master's degree in any academic field of graduate study.
    Minority means Alaskan Native, American Indian, Asian-American, 
Black (African-American), Hispanic American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific 
Islander, or other ethnic group underrepresented in master's level, 
professional, or doctoral study as indicated in standard statistical 
references, or as documented on a case-by-case basis by national survey 
data submitted to and accepted by the Secretary.
    Professional study means--
    (i) A postbaccalaureate program of study leading to a degree 
required for admission to practice a profession; or
    (ii) Any post-master's or doctoral degree that does not require a 
dissertation.
    Project means the activities necessary to assist, whether from grant 
funds or institutional resources, the fellows in the successful 
completion of their designated educational programs.
    Satisfactory progress means that the fellow meets or exceeds the 
institution's criteria and standards established for all graduate 
students' continued status as applicants for the graduate degree and in 
the academic field for which the fellowship was awarded.
    School or department of divinity means an institution, or a 
department of an institution, whose program is specifically for the 
education of students to prepare them to become ministers of religion or 
to enter into some other religious vocation, or to prepare them to teach 
theological subjects.
    Stipend means the amount paid by the institution to an individual 
awarded a fellowship, including an allowance for subsistence and other 
expenses for the individual and his or her dependents.
    Traditionally underrepresented groups means minorities and other 
groups that historically have been underrepresented in doctoral study.
    Underrepresented means proportionate representation as measured by 
degree recipients, that is less than the proportionate representation in 
the general population--
    (i) As indicated by--
    (A) The most current edition of the Department's Digest of 
Educational Statistics;
    (B) The National Research Council's Doctorate Recipients from United 
States Universities; or
    (C) Other standard statistical references, as announced annually in 
the Federal Register notice inviting applications for new awards under 
this program; or

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    (ii) As documented by national survey data submitted to and accepted 
by the Secretary on a case-by-case basis.
    U.S. National means--
    (i) A citizen of the United States; or
    (ii) A person defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(22), who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes 
permanent allegiance to the United States.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1134, 1134d-g)