Encl. (2) to COMDTINST 5350.20A
(5) Any other contract, agreement, or arrangement that has as one of its purposes the
provision of assistance to any education program or activity, except a contract of
insurance or guaranty.
(h) Institution of graduate higher education means an institution that:
(1) Offers academic study beyond the bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree,
whether or not leading to a certificate of any higher degree in the liberal arts and
sciences;
(2) Awards any degree in a professional field beyond the first professional degree
(regardless of whether the first professional degree in such field is awarded by an
institution of undergraduate higher education or professional education); or
(3) Awards no degree and offers no further academic study, but operates ordinarily for
the purpose of facilitating research by persons who have received the highest graduate
degree in any field of study.
(i) Institution of professional education means an institution (except any institution of
undergraduate higher education) that offers a program of academic study that leads to a
first professional degree in a field for which there is a national specialized accrediting
agency recognized by the Secretary of Education.
(j) Institution of undergraduate higher education means:
(1) An institution offering at least two but less than four years of college-level study
beyond the high school level, leading to a diploma or an associate degree, or wholly or
principally creditable toward a baccalaureate degree;
(2) An institution offering academic study leading to a baccalaureate degree; or
(3) An agency or body that certifies credentials or offers degrees, but that may or may
not offer academic study.
(k) Institution of vocational education means a school or institution (except an
institution of professional or graduate or undergraduate higher education) that has as its
primary purpose preparation of students to pursue a technical, skilled, or semi-skilled
occupation or trade, or to pursue study in a technical field, whether or not the school or
institution offers certificates, diplomas, or degrees and whether or not it offers full-time
study.
(l) Recipient means any State or political subdivision thereof or any instrumentality of
a State or political subdivision thereof, any public or private agency, institution, or
organization, or other entity, or any person, to whom Federal financial assistance is
extended directly or through another recipient and that operates an education program or
activity that receives such assistance, including any subunit, successor, assignee, or
transferee thereof.
(m) Reviewing authority means that component of the Department delegated authority
to review the decisions of hearing officers in cases arising under these Title IX
regulations.
(n) Secretary means Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
(o) Student means a person who has gained admission.
(p) Title IX means Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Public Law 92-
318, 86 Stat. 235, 373 (codified as amended at 20 U.S.C. 1681-1688) (except sections
904 and 906 thereof), as amended by section 3 of Public Law 93-568, 88 Stat. 1855, by
section 412 of the Education Amendments of 1976, Public Law 94-482, 90 Stat. 2234,
and by
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