34 C.F.R. § 668.38 Enrollment in telecommunications and correspondence courses.
Title 34 - Education
Link to an amendment published at 71 FR 45696, Aug. 9, 2006. (a) If a student is enrolled in correspondence courses, the student is eligible to receive title IV, HEA program assistance only if the correspondence courses are part of a program that leads to an associate, bachelor's, or graduate degree. (b)(1) For purposes of this section, a student enrolled in a telecommunications course at an institution of higher education is not enrolled in a correspondence course, if— (i) The student is enrolled in a program that leads to a certificate for a program of study of 1 year or longer, or an associate, bachelor, or graduate degree; and (ii) The number of telecommunications and correspondence courses the institution offered during its latest completed award year was fewer than 50 percent of all the courses the institution offered during that same year. (2) For purposes of paragraph (b)(1) of this section, an institution of higher education is one— (i) That is not an institute or school described in section 521(4)(C) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act; and (ii) At which at least 50 percent of the programs of study offered by the institution during its latest completed award year led to an associate, bachelor, or graduate degree. (3) For purposes of paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, the institution must calculate the number of courses using the provisions contained in 34 CFR 600.7(b)(2). (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1091) [60 FR 61810, Dec. 1, 1995, as amended at 64 FR 57358, Oct. 22, 1999]
Title 34: Education
PART 668—STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subpart C—Student Eligibility
§ 668.38 Enrollment in telecommunications and correspondence courses.
