[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: 34CFR655.4]

[Page 352-353]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 655_INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of 
 
                            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.

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    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]