[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: 34CFR668.38]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY 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

    (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]