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20 U.S.C. § 1135b — Institutional eligibility
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**(a) Eligibility criteria** Any academic department, program or unit of an institution of higher education that offers a program of postbaccalaureate study leading to a graduate degree, including a master’s or doctoral degree, in an area of national need (as designated under subsection (b)) may apply for a grant under this subpart. No department, program or unit shall be eligible for a grant unless the program of postbaccalaureate study has been in existence for at least 4 years at the time of application for assistance under this subpart.
**(b) Designation of areas of national need** After consultation with appropriate Federal and nonprofit agencies and organizations, including the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Secretary shall designate areas of national need. In making such designations, the Secretary shall take into consideration—
(1) the extent to which the interest in the area is compelling;
(2) the extent to which other Federal programs support postbaccalaureate study in the area concerned;
(3) an assessment of how the program may achieve the most significant impact with available resources; and
(4) an assessment of current (as of the time of the designation) and future professional workforce needs of the United States.
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**(a) Eligibility criteria** Any academic department, program or unit of an institution of higher education that offers a program of postbaccalaureate study leading to a graduate degree, including a master’s or doctoral degree, in an area of national need (as designated under subsection (b)) may apply for a grant under this subpart. No department, program or unit shall be eligible for a grant unless the program of postbaccalaureate study has been in existence for at least 4 years at the time of application for assistance under this subpart.
**(b) Designation of areas of national need** After consultation with appropriate Federal and nonprofit agencies and organizations, including the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Secretary shall designate areas of national need. In making such designations, the Secretary shall take into consideration—
(1) the extent to which the interest in the area is compelling;
(2) the extent to which other Federal programs support postbaccalaureate study in the area concerned;
(3) an assessment of how the program may achieve the most significant impact with available resources; and
(4) an assessment of current (as of the time of the designation) and future professional workforce needs of the United States.
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**(a) Authority** The Secretary is authorized to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, institutions of higher education, combinations of such institutions, and other public and private nonprofit institutions and agencies, to enable such institutions, combinations, and agencies to improve postsecondary education opportunities by—
(1) the encouragement of reform and improvement of, and innovation in, postsecondary education and the provision of educational opportunity for all students, including nontraditional students;
(2) the creation of institutions, programs, and joint efforts involving paths to career and professional training, including—
(A) efforts that provide academic credit for programs; and
(B) combinations of academic and experiential learning;
(3) the establishment and continuation of institutions, programs, consortia, collaborations, and other joint efforts based on communications technology, including those efforts that utilize distance education and technological advancements to educate and train postsecondary students (including health professionals serving medically underserved populations);
(4) the carrying out, in postsecondary educational institutions, of changes in internal structure and operations designed to clarify institutional priorities and purposes;
(5) the design and introduction of cost-effective methods of instruction and operation;
(6) the introduction of institutional reforms designed to expand individual opportunities for entering and reentering postsecondary institutions and pursuing programs of postsecondary study tailored to individual needs;
(7) the introduction of reforms in graduate education, in the structure of academic professions, and in the recruitment and retention of faculties;
(8) the creation of new i
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**(a) Establishment** There is established a National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (in this part referred to as the “Board”). The Board shall consist of 15 members appointed by the Secretary for overlapping 3-year terms. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum. Any member of the Board who has served for 6 consecutive years shall thereafter be ineligible for appointment to the Board during a 2-year period following the expiration of such sixth year.
**(b) Membership** The Secretary shall designate one of the members of the Board as Chairperson of the Board. A majority of the members of the Board shall be public interest representatives, including students, and a minority shall be educational representatives. All members selected shall be individuals able to contribute an important perspective on priorities for improvement in postsecondary education and strategies of educational and institutional change.
**(c) Duties** The Board shall—
(1) advise the Secretary on priorities for the improvement of postsecondary education and make such recommendations as the Board may deem appropriate for the improvement of postsecondary education and for the evaluation, dissemination, and adaptation of demonstrated improvements in postsecondary educational practice;
(2) advise the Secretary on the operation of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, including advice on planning documents, guidelines, and procedures for grant competitions prepared by the Fund; and
(3) meet at the call of the Chairperson, except that the Board shall meet whenever one-third or more of the members request in writing that a meeting be held.
**(d) Information and assistance** The Secretary shall make available to the Board such information and
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**(a) Grant authority** The Secretary is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education, or consortia thereof, and such other public agencies and nonprofit organizations as the Secretary deems necessary for innovative projects concerning one or more areas of particular national need identified by the Secretary.
**(b) Application** No grant shall be made under this part unless an application is made at such time, in such manner, and contains or is accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require.
**(c) Areas of national need** Areas of national need shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Institutional restructuring to improve learning and promote productivity, efficiency, quality improvement, and cost reduction.
(2) Improvements in academic instruction and student learning, including efforts designed to assess the learning gains made by postsecondary students.
(3) Articulation between two- and four-year institutions of higher education, including developing innovative methods for ensuring the successful transfer of students from two- to four-year institutions of higher education.
(4) Development, evaluation, and dissemination of model courses, including model courses that—
(A) provide students with a broad and integrated knowledge base;
(B) include, at a minimum, broad survey courses in English literature, American and world history, American political institutions, economics, philosophy, college-level mathematics, and the natural sciences; and
(C) include study of a foreign language that leads to reading and writing competency in the foreign language.
(5) International cooperation and student exchanges among postsecondary educational institutions.
(6) Support of centers to incorporate education in quality and safety i
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The Secretary may appoint, for terms not to exceed 3 years, without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, not more than 7 technical employees to administer this part who may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates.
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**(a) Congressional declaration of purpose** It is the purpose of this subpart to continue the authority of the Department to operate the Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program created under [section 1862(a)(1) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1862/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim) and transferred to the Department by [section 3444(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section3444/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Grant authority** The Secretary shall, in accordance with the provisions of this subpart, carry out a program of making grants to institutions of higher education that are designed to effect long-range improvement in science and engineering education at predominantly minority institutions and to increase the participation of underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly minority women, in scientific and technological careers.
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There are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years to carry out this subpart.
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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 1135b
Stat. 780; amended Pub. L. 103–208, § 2(j)(43), Dec. 20,
1993, 107 Stat. 2484, authorized grants for special
projects in areas of national need, prior to repeal by
Pub. L. 105–244, § 3, title VII, § 702, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat.
1585, 1803, effective Oct. 1, 1998. See section 1138c of this
title.
AMENDMENTS
2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–315, § 703(e)(2), inserted
‘‘, including a master’s or doctoral degree,’’ after
‘‘leading to a graduate degree’’.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–315, § 703(a), added subsec. (b)
and struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment,
text read as follows: ‘‘After consultation with appro-
priate Federal and nonprofit agencies and organiza-
tions, the Secretary shall designate areas of national
need. In making such designations, the Secretary shall
take into account the extent to which the interest in
the area is compelling, the extent to which other Fed-
eral programs support postbaccalaureate study in the
area concerned, and an assessment of how the program
could achieve the most significant impact with avail-
able resources.’’
§ 1135b. Criteria for applications
(a) Selection of applications
The Secretary shall make grants to academic
departments, programs and units of institutions
of higher education on the basis of applications
submitted in accordance with subsection (b). Ap-
plications shall be ranked on program quality
by review panels of nationally recognized schol-
ars and evaluated on the quality and effective-
ness of the academic program and the achieve-
ment and promise of the students to be served.
To the extent possible (consistent with other
provisions of this section), the Secretary shall
make awards that are consistent with rec-
ommendations of the review panels.
(b)
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