§1138c — Title 20 Education | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary can give grants to colleges, groups of colleges, public agencies, and nonprofit groups for new projects that meet national needs the Secretary chooses. Grants only go out if an application is filed when and how the Secretary requires and includes the information the Secretary asks for. At minimum, the grants must cover six kinds of work: (1) changing how institutions are run to boost learning, productivity, efficiency, quality, and lower costs; (2) improving teaching and student learning, including ways to measure what students learn; (3) better links between two-year and four-year schools to help student transfer; (4) creating, testing, and sharing model courses that give broad, integrated knowledge and include survey courses in English literature, American and world history, American political institutions, economics, philosophy, college-level math, and the natural sciences, plus foreign language study that builds reading and writing skill; (5) international cooperation and student exchanges; and (6) support centers that add quality and safety training to medical and nursing education, with grants to medical, nursing, and osteopathic schools to teach about causes and fixes for medical errors, ways to reduce harm, and how to improve patient care and outcomes as recommended by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Title 20, §1138c

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(a)The Secretary is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education, or consortia thereof, and such other public agencies and nonprofit organizations as the Secretary deems necessary for innovative projects concerning one or more areas of particular national need identified by the Secretary.

(b)No grant shall be made under this part unless an application is made at such time, in such manner, and contains or is accompanied by such information as the Secretary may require.

(c)Areas of national need shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(1)Institutional restructuring to improve learning and promote productivity, efficiency, quality improvement, and cost reduction.

(2)Improvements in academic instruction and student learning, including efforts designed to assess the learning gains made by postsecondary students.

(3)Articulation between two

and four-year institutions of higher education, including developing innovative methods for ensuring the successful transfer of students from two- to four-year institutions of higher education.

(4)Development, evaluation, and dissemination of model courses, including model courses that—

(A)provide students with a broad and integrated knowledge base;

(B)include, at a minimum, broad survey courses in English literature, American and world history, American political institutions, economics, philosophy, college-level mathematics, and the natural sciences; and

(C)include study of a foreign language that leads to reading and writing competency in the foreign language.

(5)International cooperation and student exchanges among postsecondary educational institutions.

(6)Support of centers to incorporate education in quality and safety into the preparation of medical and nursing students, through grants to medical schools, nursing schools, and osteopathic schools. Such grants shall be used to assist in providing courses of instruction that specifically equip students to—

(A)understand the causes of, and remedies for, medical error, medically induced patient injuries and complications, and other defects in medical care;

(B)engage effectively in personal and systemic efforts to continually reduce medical harm; and

(C)improve patient care and outcomes, as recommended by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 1135a–11 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–244. A prior section 1138c, Pub. L. 89–329, title XI, § 1144, as added Pub. L. 102–325, title XI, § 1101, July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 789; amended Pub. L. 103–382, title III, § 391(e)(10), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4023, related to applications for grants, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–244, § 3, title VII, § 702, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1585, 1803, effective Oct. 1, 1998. A prior section 744 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classified to section 1132c–3 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96–374.

Amendments

2009—Subsec. (c)(6)(C). Pub. L. 111–39 inserted “of the National Academies” after “Institute of Medicine”. 2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–315, § 707(h)(3), substituted “Secretary” for “Director” wherever appearing. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–315, § 707(f), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Areas of national need shall initially include, but shall not be limited to, the following: “(1) Institutional restructuring to improve learning and promote productivity, efficiency, quality improvement, and cost and price control. “(2) Articulation between 2- and 4-year institutions of higher education, including developing innovative methods for ensuring the successful transfer of students from 2- to 4-year institutions of higher education. “(3) Evaluation and dissemination of model programs. “(4) International cooperation and student exchange among postsecondary educational institutions.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2009 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 111–39 effective as if enacted on the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–315 (Aug. 14, 2008), see section 3 of Pub. L. 111–39, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.

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