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reliable authority as to the quality of training offered or is, according to such an agency or association, making reasonable progress toward accreditation; " (C) except as is proAdded in paragraph (2), has met the requirement of clauses (A) and (B) during the five academic years preceding the academic year for which it seeks assistance under this title; and " (D) meets such other requirements as the Commissioner shall prescribe by regulation, which requirements shall include at least a determination that the institution— "(i) is making a reasonable effort to improve the quality of its teaching and administrative staffs and of its student services; and "(ii) is, for financial or other reasons, struggling for survival and isolated from the main currents of academic life. "(2) The Commissioner is authorized to waive the requirements set forth in clause (C) of paragraph (1) in the case of applications for grants under this title by institutions located on or near an Indian reservation or a substantial population of Indians if the Commissioner determines such action will increase higher education for Indians, except that such grants may not involve an expenditure of funds in excess of 1.4 per centum of the sums appropriated pursuant to this title for any fiscal year. "(b) Any institution desiring special assistance under the provisions of this title shall submit an application for eligibility to the Commissioner at such time, in such form, and containing such information, as may be necessary to enable the Commissioner to evaluate the need of the applicant for such assistance and to determine its eligibility to be a developing institution for the purposes of this title. The Commissioner shall approve any application for eligibility under this subsection which indicates that the applicant is a developing institution meeting the requirements set forth in subsection (a). "(c) For the purposes of clause (A) of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section, the term 'junior or community college' means an institution of higher education— " (1) which does not provide an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree (or an equivalent degree); "(2) which admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education (or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate); and "(3) which does— " (A) provide an educational program of not less than two years which is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree, or " (B) offer a two-year program in engineering, mathematics, or the physical or biological sciences, which program is designed to prepare a student to work as a technician and at the semiprofessional level in engineering, scientific, or other technological fields, which fields require the understanding and application of basic engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles of knowledge. ((ADVISORY
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C O U N C I L ON DEVELOPING INSTITUTIONS
"SEC. 303. (a) There is hereby established an Advisory Council on Developing Institutions (in this title referred to as the 'Council') consisting of nine members appointed by the Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary.
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