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title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
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# 51 U.S.C. § 40101 - Definition of institution of higher education

## Text

In this chapter, the term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given the term by section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3378.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4010142 U.S.C. 16701.Pub. L. 109–155, title IV, § 401, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2923.