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Title 20 — Education

Part B · Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance

§ 1011l. Diploma mills

Statutory text

(a)

Information to the public

The Secretary shall maintain information and resources on the Department’s website to assist students, families, and employers in understanding what a diploma mill is and how to identify and avoid diploma mills.

(b)

Collaboration

The Secretary shall continue to collaborate with the United States Postal Service, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice (including the Federal Bureau of Investigation), the Internal Revenue Service, and the Office of Personnel Management to maximize Federal efforts to—

(1)

prevent, identify, and prosecute diploma mills; and

(2)

broadly disseminate to the public information about diploma mills, and resources to identify diploma mills.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Higher Education Act of 1965

    Pub. L. 89–329 title I § 123 · 79 Stat. 1219

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 1011l

    (Pub. L. 89–329, title I, § 123, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title I, § 109, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3094.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 89–329, title I, § 123, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title I, § 109, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3094.)

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Credits

(Pub. L. 89–329, title I, § 123, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title I, § 109, , 122 Stat. 3094.)

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