[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: 34CFR668.38]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 668--STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C--Student Eligibility
 
Sec. 668.38  Enrollment in telecommunications and correspondence courses.

    (a) If a student is enrolled in correspondence courses, the student 
is eligible to receive title IV, HEA program assistance only if the 
correspondence courses are part of a program that leads to an associate, 
bachelor's, or graduate degree.
    (b)(1) For purposes of this section, a student enrolled in a 
telecommunications course at an institution of higher education is not 
enrolled in a correspondence course, if--
    (i) The student is enrolled in a program that leads to a certificate 
for a program of study of 1 year or longer, or an associate, bachelor, 
or graduate degree; and
    (ii) The number of telecommunications and correspondence courses the 
institution offered during its latest completed award year was fewer 
than 50 percent of all the courses the institution offered during that 
same year.
    (2) For purposes of paragraph (b)(1) of this section, an institution 
of higher education is one--
    (i) That is not an institute or school described in section 
521(4)(C) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act; 
and

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    (ii) At which at least 50 percent of the programs of study offered 
by the institution during its latest completed award year led to an 
associate, bachelor, or graduate degree.
    (3) For purposes of paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, the 
institution must calculate the number of courses using the provisions 
contained in 34 CFR 600.7(b)(2).

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1091)

[60 FR 61810, Dec. 1, 1995, as amended at 64 FR 57358, Oct. 22, 1999]