Higher Education Act
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The Higher Education Act may refer to an Act of either the Congress of the United States
or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
- The Higher Education Act of 1965Higher Education Act of 1965The Higher Education Act of 1965 was legislation signed into United States law on November 8, 1965, as part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society domestic agenda. Johnson chose Texas State University–San Marcos as the signing site...
, an Act of the Congress of the United States that was intended to strengthen the resources of colleges and universities, and to provide financial aid to students. - The Higher Education Act 2004Higher Education Act 2004The Higher Education Act 2004 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which introduced several changes to the higher education system in the United Kingdom, the most important and controversial being a major change to the funding of universities, and the operation of tuition fees, which...
, an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which introduced several changes to the higher education system. - The Higher Education Act 2008 (H.R. 4137), an Act of the Congress of the United States which asks universities and colleges to develop "plans to effectively combat the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material, including through the use of a variety of technology-based deterrents." And to "the extent practicable," offer students legal alternatives for peer-to-peer file sharing as "determined by the institution in consultation with the chief technology officer,"
- The Higher Education Act 101 of 1997, an Act of Parliament in South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
that defines the structure and functioning of public universities.