Higher Education Amendments of 1976

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The Higher Education Amendments of 1976 were a major U.S. federal law package that expanded and revised national higher education policy, including financial aid and institutional support programs, building on the framework established by the Higher Education Act of 1965.

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Higher Education Amendments of 1976 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law
education law
affects colleges and universities
higher education finance
students in postsecondary education
amends Higher Education Act of 1965
appliesTo higher education
areaOfLaw education policy
postsecondary education
student financial aid
basedOn federal authority over education spending
country United States of America
surface form: United States
follows Higher Education Act of 1965
framework builds on Higher Education Act of 1965
goal to improve access to college through federal aid
to strengthen the federal role in higher education funding
hasPurpose to expand federal support for higher education
to provide institutional support for colleges and universities
to revise federal student financial aid programs
to update and extend provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965
includes provisions on financial aid
provisions on institutional support programs
provisions on program authorization and funding levels
legalForm public law of the United States
legalStatus amendment to existing statute
legislativeBody United States Congress
partOfSeries Higher Education Act reauthorization laws
policyDomain federal higher education policy
regulates federal student aid programs
institutional eligibility for federal higher education funds
relatedTo Higher Education Amendments of 1972
Higher Education Amendments of 1980
subjectMatter access to higher education
federal grants and loans for students
support for postsecondary institutions
timePeriod 1970s United States education policy reforms

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Higher Education Act of 1965 amendedBy Higher Education Amendments of 1976