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[CITE: 20USC1138]

 
                           TITLE 20--EDUCATION
 
      CHAPTER 28--HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE
 
     SUBCHAPTER VII--GRADUATE AND POSTSECONDARY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
 
       Part B--Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
 
Sec. 1138. Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education


(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) encouraging the reform, innovation, and improvement of 
    postsecondary education, and providing equal educational opportunity 
    for all;
        (2) the creation of institutions, programs, and joint efforts 
    involving paths to career and professional training, and 
    combinations of academic and experiential learning;
        (3) the establishment of institutions and programs based on the 
    technology of communications;
        (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 institutions 
    and pursuing programs of 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; and
        (8) the creation of new institutions and programs for examining 
    and awarding credentials to individuals, and the introduction of 
    reforms in current institutional practices related thereto.

(b) Planning grants

    The Secretary is authorized to make planning grants to institutions 
of higher education for the development and testing of innovative 
techniques in postsecondary education. Such grants shall not exceed 
$20,000.

(Pub. L. 89-329, title VII, Sec. 741, as added Pub. L. 105-244, title 
VII, Sec. 701, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1796.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1135 of 
this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-244.
    A prior section 1138, Pub. L. 89-329, title XI, Sec. 1141, as added 
Pub. L. 102-325, title XI, Sec. 1101, July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 788, 
related to purpose to assist development of student literacy corps and 
student mentoring corps programs, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-244, 
Sec. 3, title VII, Sec. 702, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1585, 1803, 
effective Oct. 1, 1998.
    Another prior section 1138, Pub. L. 89-329, title XI, Sec. 1121, as 
added Pub. L. 99-498, title XI, Sec. 1101, Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1571, related to administrative provisions, prior to the general 
amendment of subchapter XI of this chapter by Pub. L. 102-325.
    A prior section 741 of Pub. L. 89-329 was classified to section 
1132e of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-325.
    Another prior section 741 of Pub. L. 89-329 was classified to 
section 1132e of this title, prior to the general amendment of this 
subchapter by Pub. L. 99-498.
    Another prior section 741 of Pub. L. 89-329 was classified to 
section 1132c of this title, prior to the general amendment of this 
subchapter by Pub. L. 96-374.