Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73
§9579 Fellowships
Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 76— - EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, EVALUATION, INFORMATION, AND DISSEMINATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - EDUCATION SCIENCES REFORM › Part Part F— - General Provisions › § 9579
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The Director must create and run research, evaluation, and statistics fellowships at colleges and universities, including HBCUs and other schools with many minority students, to support graduate and postdoctoral study on site. The Director must actively recruit women and minorities.
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Title 20, §9579
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In order to strengthen the national capacity to carry out high-quality research, evaluation, and statistics related to education, the Director shall establish and maintain research, evaluation, and statistics fellowships in institutions of higher education (which may include the establishment of such fellowships in historically Black colleges and universities and other institutions of higher education with large numbers of minority students) that support graduate and postdoctoral study onsite at the Institute or at the institution of higher education. In establishing the fellowships, the Director shall ensure that women and minorities are actively recruited for participation.
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20 U.S.C. § 9579
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73