[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR600.51]

[Page 194]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 600_INSTITUTIONAL ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, AS 
 
Subpart E_Eligibility of Foreign Institutions To Apply To Participate in 
            the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Programs
 
Sec. 600.51  Purpose and scope.

    Source: 59 FR 22063, Apr. 28, 1994, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) A foreign institution is eligible to apply to participate in the 
Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) programs if it is comparable to an 
eligible institution of higher education located in the United States 
and has been approved by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions 
of this subpart.
    (b) This subpart E contains the procedures and criteria under which 
a foreign institution may be deemed eligible to apply to participate in 
the FFEL programs.
    (c) This subpart E does not include the procedures and criteria by 
which a foreign institution that is deemed eligible to apply to 
participate in the FFEL programs actually applies for that 
participation. Those procedures and criteria are contained in the 
regulations for the FFEL programs, 34 CFR part 682, subpart F.
    (d)(1) A program offered by a foreign school through any use of a 
telecommunications course, correspondence course, or direct assessment 
program is not an eligible program;
    (2) Correspondence course has the meaning given in Sec. 600.2;
    (3) Direct assessment program has the meaning given in Sec. 
668.10(a)(1) of this chapter;
    (4) Telecommunications course is a course offered through any one or 
a combination of the technologies listed in the definition of 
telecommunications course in Sec. 600.2, except that telecommunications 
technologies may be used to supplement and support instruction that is 
offered in a classroom located in the foreign country where the students 
and instructor are physically present.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1082, 1088)

[59 FR 22063, Apr. 28, 1994, as amended at 71 FR 45692, Aug. 9, 2006]