[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: 34CFR655.4]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

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

 

PART 655_INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table 

of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 655.4  What definitions apply to the International Education 

Programs?



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

34 CFR parts 656, 657, 658, 660, 661, and 669 are defined in 34 CFR part 

77:



Acquisition

Applicant

Application

Award

Budget

Contract

EDGAR

Equipment

Facilities

Fiscal year

Grant

Grantee

Grant period

Local educational agency

Nonprofit

Project

Project period

Private

Public

Secretary

State educational agency

Supplies





(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1121-1127)



    (b) Definitions that apply to these programs: The following 

definition applies to International Education Programs:

    Combination of institutions of higher education means a group of 

institutions of higher education that have entered into a cooperative 

arrangement for the purpose of carrying out a common objective, or a 

public or private nonprofit agency, organization, or institution 

designated or created by a group of institutions of higher education for 

the purpose of carrying out a common objective on their behalf.

    Critical languages means each of the languages contained in the list 

of critical languages designated by the Secretary pursuant to section 

212(d) of the Education for Economic Security Act, except that, in the 

implementation of this definition, the Secretary may set priorities 

according to the purposes of title VI of the Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended.

    Institution of higher education means, in addition to an institution 

that meets the definition of section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act 

of 1965, as amended, an institution that meets the requirements of 

section 101(a) except that (1) it is not located in the United States, 

and (2) it applies for assistance under title VI of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended, in consortia with institutions that meet the 

definitions in section 101(a).



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1121-1127, and 1141)



[47 FR 14116, Apr. 1, 1982, as amended at 58 FR 32575, June 10, 1993; 64 

FR 7739, Feb. 16, 1999]