[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR600.4]



[Page 175-176]

 

                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 600_INSTITUTIONAL ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 

1965, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 600.4  Institution of higher education.



    (a) An institution of higher education is a public or private 

nonprofit educational institution that--

    (1) Is in a State, or for purposes of the Federal Pell Grant, 

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity



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Grant, Federal Work-Study, and Federal TRIO programs may also be located 

in the Federated States of Micronesia or the Marshall Islands;

    (2) Admits as regular students only persons who--

    (i) Have a high school diploma;

    (ii) Have the recognized equivalent of a high school diploma; or

    (iii) Are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance in the 

State in which the institution is physically located;

    (3) Is legally authorized to provide an educational program beyond 

secondary education in the State in which the institution is physically 

located;

    (4) Provides an educational program--

    (i) For which it awards an associate, baccalaureate, graduate, or 

professional degree;

    (ii) That is at least a two-academic-year program acceptable for 

full credit toward a baccalaureate degree; or

    (iii) That is at least a one-academic-year training program that 

leads to a certificate, degree, or other recognized educational 

credential and prepares students for gainful employment in a recognized 

occupation; and

    (5) Is--

    (i) Accredited or preaccredited; or

    (ii) Approved by a State agency listed in the Federal Register in 

accordance with 34 CFR part 603, if the institution is a public 

postsecondary vocational educational institution that seeks to 

participate only in Federal student assistance programs.

    (b) An institution is physically located in a State if it has a 

campus or other instructional site in that State.

    (c) The Secretary does not recognize the accreditation or 

preaccreditation of an institution unless the institution agrees to 

submit any dispute involving the final denial, withdrawal, or 

termination of accreditation to initial arbitration before initiating 

any other legal action.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1094, 1099b, and 1141(a))



[59 FR 22336, Apr. 29, 1994, as amended at 64 FR 58615, Oct. 29, 1999