[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: 34CFR647.7]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

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

 

PART 647_RONALD E. MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM--Table 

of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 647.7  What definitions apply?



    (a) Definitions in EDGAR. The following terms used in this part are 

defined in 34 CFR 77.1:



Applicant

Application

Budget

Budget Period

EDGAR

Equipment

Facilities

Fiscal Year

Grant

Grantee

Project

Project Period

Public

Secretary



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Supplies



    (b) Other definitions. The following definitions also apply to this 

part:

    First-generation college student means--

    (1) A student neither of whose natural or adoptive parents received 

a baccalaureate degree; or

    (2) A student who, prior to the age of 18, regularly resided with 

and received support from only one parent, and whose supporting parent 

did not receive a baccalaureate degree.

    (3) An individual who, prior to the age of 18, did not regularly 

reside with or receive support from a natural or an adoptive parent.

    Graduate center means an educational institution as defined in 

sections 481, 1201(a), and 1204 of the HEA; and that--

    (1) Provides instruction in one or more programs leading to a 

doctoral degree;

    (2) Maintains specialized library collections;

    (3) Employs scholars engaged in research that relates to the subject 

areas of the center; and

    (4) Provides outreach and consultative services on a national, 

regional or local basis.

    Graduate education means studies beyond the bachelor's degree 

leading to a postbaccalaureate degree.

    HEA means the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.

    Groups underrepresented in graduate education. The following ethnic 

and racial groups are currently underrepresented in graduate education: 

Black (non-Hispanic), Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaskan Native.

    Institution of higher education means an educational institution as 

defined in sections 481, 1201(a) and 1204 of the HEA.

    Low-income individual means an individual whose family's taxable 

income did not exceed 150 percent of the poverty level in the calendar 

year preceding the year in which the individual participates in the 

project. Poverty level income is determined by using criteria of poverty 

established by the Bureau of the Census of the U.S. Department of 

Commerce.

    Summer internship means an educational experience in which 

participants, under the guidance and direction of experienced faculty 

researchers, are provided an opportunity to engage in research or other 

scholarly activities.

    Target population means the universe from which McNair participants 

will be selected. The universe may be expressed in terms of geography, 

type of institution, academic discipline, type of disadvantage, type of 

underrepresentation, or any other qualifying descriptor that would 

enable an applicant to more precisely identify the kinds of eligible 

project participants they wish to serve.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11, 1070a-15, and 1141)