junior or community college
Defined in 5 places across 3 titles of the United States Code.
For the purpose of this part, the term “junior or community college” means an institution of higher education—
(1) that 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;
(2) that does not provide an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree (or an equivalent degree); and
(3) that—
(A) provides an educational program of not less than 2 years that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, or
(B) 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.
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- 2008–present20 U.S.C. § 1058Education · Definitions; eligibility · in this section
For the purpose of this part, the term “junior or community college” means an institution of higher education—
(1) that 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;
(2) that does not provide an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree (or an equivalent degree); and
(3) that—
(A) provides an educational program of not less than 2 years that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, or
(B) 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.
For the purposes of this section, no historically black college or university which is eligible for and receives funds under part B of this subchapter is eligible for or may receive funds under this part.
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- 1994–200820 U.S.C. § 1058Education · Definitions; eligibility · in this section
The term “junior or community college” has the meaning given the term in section 1058(e) 1 of title 20.
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- 2010–present25 U.S.C. § 1603Indians · Definitions · in this chapter
the term “junior or community college” has the meaning given the term in section 312 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058);
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- 2018–present42 U.S.C. § 1862IThe Public Health and Welfare · Scientific and technical education · as used in this section
The term “junior or community college” has the meaning given to such term by section 1058(e) 1 of title 20.
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- 1998–present25 U.S.C. § 1616HIndians · Health training programs of community colleges · for purposes of this section
The term “junior or community college” has the meaning given to such term by section 1058(e) of title 20.
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- 1994–199825 U.S.C. § 1616HIndians · Health training programs of community colleges · for purposes of this section
The term “junior or community college” means an institution of higher education—
(A) that 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;
(B) that does not provide an educational program for which the institution awards a bachelor's degree (or an equivalent degree); and
(C) that—
(i) provides an educational program of not less than 2 years in duration that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree; or
(ii) 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.
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- 1998–present20 U.S.C. § 1101AEducation · Definitions; eligibility · in this section