104 STAT. 1522
PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990
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"(1) The term 'institution of higher education' has the meaning given such term in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)).
"(2) The term 'cost of attendance' has the meaning given such
term in section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 108711).
"§ 2194. Education partnerships
"(a) The Secretary of Defense shall authorize the director of each
defense laboratory to enter into one or more education partnership
agreements with educational institutions in the United States for
the purpose of encouraging and enhancing study in scientific disciplines at all levels of education. The educational institutions referred to in the preceding sentence are local education agencies,
colleges, universities, and any other nonprofit institutions that are
dedicated to improving science, mathematics, and engineering
education.
"(b) Under a partnership agreement entered into with an educational institution under this section, the director of a defense
laboratory may provide assistance to the educational institution
by-
"(1) loaning defense laboratory equipment to the institution;
"(2) transferring to the institution defense laboratory equipment determined by the director to be surplus;
"(3) making laboratory personnel available to teach science
courses or to assist in the development of science courses and
materials for the institution;
"(4) involving faculty and students of the institution in
defense laboratory research projects;
"(5) cooperating with the institution in developing a program
under which students may be given academic credit for work on
defense laboratory research projects; and
"(6) providing academic and career advice and assistance to
students of the institution.
"(c) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the director of
each defense laboratory shall give a priority under this section to
entering into an education partnership agreement with one or more
historically Black colleges and universities and other minority
institutions referred to in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of section 312(b)
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(b)).
"(d) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, in entering into
education partnership agreements under this section, the director of
a defense laboratory gives a priority to providing assistance to
educational institutions serving women, members of minority
groups, and other groups of individuals who traditionally are
involved in the engineering and science professions in disproportionately low numbers.
"(e) In this section, the term 'local education agency' has the
meaning given such term in section 1471(12) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(12)).
"§2195. Department of Defense cooperative education programs
"(a) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the director of
each defense laboratory establishes, in association with one or more
public or private colleges or universities in the United States or one
or more consortia of colleges or universities in the United States,
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