[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: 34CFR608.4]

[Page 246-247]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 608_STRENGTHENING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM--
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 608.4  What definitions apply?

    (a) Definitions in EDGAR. The following terms used in this part are 
defined in 34 CFR 77.1:

Applicant
Application
Award
Budget
EDGAR
Equipment
Fiscal year

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Grant period
Private
Project period
Public
Secretary

    (b) Other definitions. The following definitions also apply to this 
part:
    Accredited means the status of public recognition which a nationally 
recognized accrediting agency or association grants to an institution 
which meets certain established qualifications and educational 
standards.
    Graduate means a student who has attended an institution for at 
least three semesters and fulfilled academic requirements for 
undergraduate studies in not more than five consecutive school years.
    Junior or community college means an institution of higher education 
that--
    (i) Admits as regular students persons who are beyond the age of 
compulsory school attendance in the State in which the institution is 
located and who have the ability to benefit from the training offered by 
the institution;
    (ii) Does not provide an educational program for which it awards a 
bachelor's degree or an equivalent degree; and
    (iii) Provides an educational program of not less than 2 years that 
is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree; or offers a 2-year 
program in engineering, mathematics, or the physical or biological 
sciences, designed to prepare a student to work as a technician or at 
the semiprofessional level in engineering, scientific, or other 
technological fields requiring the understanding and application of 
basic engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles of knowledge.
    Pell Grant means the grant program authorized by Title IV-A-1 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.
    Preaccredited means a status, also called candidacy status, that a 
nationally recognized accrediting agency or association, recognized by 
the Secretary to grant that status, has accorded an unaccredited 
institution that is making reasonable progress toward accreditation.
    School year means the period of time from July 1 of one calendar 
year through June 30 of the subsequent calendar year. (A ``school year'' 
is equivalent to an ``award year'' under the Pell Grant Program.)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1060-1063)