34 CFR § 647.1 - What is the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program?

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title: "34 CFR § 647.1 - What is the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "647.1"
section_name: "What is the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "647"
part_name: "RONALD E. MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-15, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 43989, Aug. 25, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
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# 647.1 What is the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program?

The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program—referred to in these regulations as the McNair program—awards grants to institutions of higher education for projects designed to provide disadvantaged college students with effective preparation for doctoral study.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-15)