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PUBLIC LAW 90-575-OCT. 16, 1968

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PART H—IMPROVEMENT OF GRADUATE PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 271. The Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after title IX the following new title: "TITLE X—IMPROVEMENT OF GRADUATE

PROGRAMS

"STATEMENT OF PURPOSES

"SEC. 1001. The purposes of this title are to strengthen and improve the quality of graduate programs leading to a doctoral or professional (other than medical) degree, and to increase the number of such quality programs. "APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED; USE OF GRANTS

"SEC. 1002. (^a) There are authorized to be appropriated $340,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, $5,000,000, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, to enable the Commissioner to make grants to institutions of higher education having programs leading to a degree of doctor of philosophy or comparable professional or other graduate degree, upon such terms and conditions as he may establish, to pay part of the cost of planning, developing, or carrying out projects or activities designed to achieve one or more of the purposes set forth in section 1001. Such amount for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, shall also be available for planning and related activities for the purpose of this title. Such grants may be used for experimental, innovative, or interdisciplinary projects or activities such as— " (1) the strengthening of graduate faculties by enlarging their size, improving their academic or professional qualifications, or increasing the number of disciplines in which they are skilled; "(2) the expansion or improvement of existing graduate programs, or the establishment of additional graduate programs; "(3) the acquisition of appropriate equipment or curricular, research, or other materials required to fulfill the objectives of projects or activities described in clause (2); "(4) the development or carrying out of cooperative arrangements among graduate schools in furtherance of the purposes of this title; or " (5) the strengthening of graduate school administration. "(b) No portion of the sums granted under this title may be used— "(1) for payment in excess of 66% per centum of the total cost of such project or activity; "(2) for payment in excess of 50 per centum of the cost of the purchase or rental of books, audiovisual aids, scientific apparatus, or other materials or equipment, less any per centum of such cost, as determined by the Commissioner, that is paid from sums received (other than under this part) as Federal financial assistance; or "(3) for sectarian instruction or religious worship, or primarily in connection with any part of the program of an institution, or department or branch of an institution, whose program is specifically for the education of students to prepare them to become ministers of religion or to enter upon some other religious vocation or to prepare them to teach theological subjects.

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