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20 U.S.C. § 1138b — National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
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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) 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 assistance as may be necessary to enable the Board to carry out its functions.
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**(a) Grant authority**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall make grants to academic departments, programs and other academic units of institutions of higher education that provide courses of study leading to a graduate degree, including a master’s or doctoral degree, in order to enable such institutions to provide assistance to graduate students in accordance with this subpart.
(2) **Additional grants** — The Secretary may also make grants to such departments, programs and other academic units of institutions of higher education granting graduate degrees which submit joint proposals involving nondegree granting institutions which have formal arrangements for the support of doctoral dissertation research with degree-granting institutions. Nondegree granting institutions eligible for awards as part of such joint proposals include any organization which—
(A) is described in [section 501(c)(3) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section501/c/3&num=0&edition=prelim), and is exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such title;
(B) is organized and operated substantially to conduct scientific and cultural research and graduate training programs;
(C) is not a private foundation;
(D) has academic personnel for instruction and counseling who meet the standards of the institution of higher education in which the students are enrolled; and
(E) has necessary research resources not otherwise readily available in such institutions to such students.
**(b) Award and duration of grants**
(1) **Awards** — The principal criterion for the award of grants shall be the relative quality of the graduate programs presented in competing applications. Consistent with an allocation of awards based on quality of competing applicati
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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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TITLE 20—EDUCATION
§ 1138b
has served for 6 consecutive years shall there-
after 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 mem-
bers of the Board as Chairperson of the Board. A
majority of the members of the Board shall be
public interest representatives, including stu-
dents, and a minority shall be educational rep-
resentatives. All members selected shall be indi-
viduals able to contribute an important perspec-
tive on priorities for improvement in postsec-
ondary 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 evalua-
tion, dissemination, and adaptation of dem-
onstrated improvements in postsecondary edu-
cational practice;
(2) advise the Secretary on the operation of
the Fund for the Improvement of Postsec-
ondary Education, including advice on plan-
ning documents, guidelines, and procedures for
grant competitions prepared by the Fund; and
(3) meet at the call of the Chairperson, ex-
cept that the Board shall meet whenever one-
third or more of the members request in writ-
ing that a meeting be held.
(d) Information and assistance
The Secretary shall make available to the
Board such information and assistance as may
be necessary to enable the Board to carry out its
functions.
(Pub. L. 89–329, title VII, § 742, as added Pub. L.
105–244, title VII, § 701, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1797;
amended Pub. L. 110–315, title VII, § 707(h)(1),
Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat.
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