34 CFR § 600.1 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s600.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 600.1 - Scope."
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "600.1"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "600"
part_name: "INSTITUTIONAL ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "20 U.S.C. 1001, 1002, 1003, 1088, 1091, 1094, 1099b, and 1099c, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 11210, Apr. 5, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "600"
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# 600.1 Scope.

This part establishes the rules and procedures that the Secretary uses to determine whether an educational institution qualifies in whole or in part as an eligible institution of higher education under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). An eligible institution of higher education may apply to participate in programs authorized by the HEA (HEA programs).

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1088, 1094, 1099b, 1099c, and 1141)