[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: 34CFR675.2]

[Page 620-621]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 675_FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart A_Federal Work-Study Program
 
Sec. 675.2  Definitions.

    (a) The definitions of the following terms used in this part are set 
forth in subpart A of the Student Assistance General Provisions, 34 CFR 
668:

Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) Program
Academic year
Award year
Clock hour
Enrolled
Expected family contribution (EFC)
Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL)
Federal Pell Grant Program
Federal Perkins Loan Program
Federal PLUS Program
Federal SLS Program
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) Program
Full-time student
HEA
National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National 
SMART Grant) Program
Secretary

    (b) The Secretary defines other terms used in this part as follows:
    Community services: Services which are identified by an institution 
of higher education, through formal or informal consultation with local 
nonprofit, governmental, and community-based organizations, as designed 
to improve the quality of life for community residents, particularly 
low-income individuals, or to solve particular problems related to their 
needs. These services include--

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    (1) Such fields as health care, child care (including child care 
services provided on campus that are open and accessible to the 
community), literacy training, education (including tutorial services), 
welfare, social services, transportation, housing and neighborhood 
improvement, public safety, crime prevention and control, recreation, 
rural development, and community improvement;
    (2) Work in service opportunities or youth corps as defined in 
section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, and 
service in the agencies, institutions and activities designated in 
section 124(a) of that Act;
    (3) Support services to students with disabilities, including 
students with disabilities who are enrolled at the institution; and
    (4) Activities in which a student serves as a mentor for such 
purposes as--
    (i) Tutoring;
    (ii) Supporting educational and recreational activities; and
    (iii) Counseling, including career counseling.
    *Financial need: The difference between a student's cost of 
attendance and his or her EFC.
    Graduate or professional student: A student who--
    (1) Is enrolled in a program or course above the baccalaureate level 
at an institution of higher education or is enrolled in a program 
leading to a first professional degree;
    (2) Has completed the equivalent of at least three years of full-
time study at an institution of higher education, either prior to 
entrance into the program or as part of the program itself; and
    (3) Is not receiving title IV aid as an undergraduate student for 
the same period of enrollment.
    *Institution of higher education (institution). A public or private 
nonprofit institution of higher education, a proprietary institution of 
higher education, or a postsecondary vocational institution.
    * Need-based employment: Employment provided by an institution 
itself or by another entity to a student who has demonstrated to the 
institution or the entity (through standards or methods it establishes) 
a financial need for the earnings from that employment for the purpose 
of defraying educational costs of attendance for the award year for 
which the employment is provided.
    Nonprofit organization: An organization owned and operated by one or 
more nonprofit corporations or associations where no part of the 
organization's net earnings benefits, or may lawfully benefit, any 
private shareholder or entity. An organization may show that it is 
nonprofit by meeting the provisions of Sec. 75.51 of the Education 
Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR 75.51.


(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1141(c))

    Student services: Services that are offered to students that may 
include, but are not limited to, financial aid, library, peer guidance 
counseling, job placement, assisting an instructor with curriculum-
related activities, security, and social, health, and tutorial services. 
Student services do not have to be direct or involve personal 
interaction with students. For purposes of this definition, facility 
maintenance, cleaning, purchasing, and public relations are never 
considered student services.
    Undergraduate student: A student enrolled at an institution of 
higher education who is in an undergraduate course of study which 
usually does not exceed four academic years, or is enrolled in a four to 
five academic year program designed to lead to a first degree. A student 
enrolled in a program of any other length is considered an undergraduate 
student for only the first four academic years of that program.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087aa-1087ii)

[52 FR 45770, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 52581, Dec. 28, 1988; 57 
FR 32356, July 21, 1992; 57 FR 60707, Dec. 21, 1992; 59 FR 61416, 61419-
61420, Nov. 30, 1994; 60 FR 61815, Dec. 1, 1995; 61 FR 60608, Nov. 29, 
1996; 64 FR 58292, Oct. 28, 1999; 67 FR 67078, Nov. 1, 2002; 69 FR 
12276, Mar. 16, 2004; 71 FR 38003, July 3, 2006]