34 CFR § 607.1 - What is the Strengthening Institutions Program?

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title: "34 CFR § 607.1 - What is the Strengthening Institutions Program?"
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title_name: "Education"
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section_name: "What is the Strengthening Institutions Program?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "607"
part_name: "STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1057-1059g, 1067q, 1068-1068h unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 30529, Aug. 14, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
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# 607.1 What is the Strengthening Institutions Program?

The purpose of the Strengthening Institutions Program is to provide grants to eligible institutions of higher education to improve their academic programs, institutional management, and fiscal stability in order to increase their self-sufficiency and strengthen their capacity to make a substantial contribution to the higher education resources of the Nation.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057)

[59 FR 41921, Aug. 15, 1994]