...student attending an institution outside the States must be a national of the United States) ; (2> has a certificate of graduation from a school providing...education or the recognized equivalent of such certificate or. In the case of a vocational school student, attends neither elementary nor secondary school. Is...

...program for which it awards a bachelors degree (or an equivalent degree), (2) which admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation...secondary education (or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate) ; and (3) which does (1) provide an educational program of not less than two years which...

...into the business of open admissions may not exactly fit the requirement that they admit "as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation...secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate" for they may well admit many students who have neither. Such institutions potentially...

..."Institution of higher education" means an educational institution in any State which: (a) Admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation...secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, (b) Is legally authorized within the State to provide a program of education beyond...

..."junior or community college" means an institution of higher education— (2) which admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation...secondary education (or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate); and (1) •which does not provide an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's...

...to provide, a program of education beyond secondary education, on a day or residential basis; "(ii) admits as students only persons having a certificate...or the recognized equivalent of such certificate; "(iii) is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association; and "(iv) provides...

...the purposes of this question. Section 1201 (a) (1) says that an institution must admit as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation...or the recognized equivalent of such certificate. Now, as has just been mentioned earlier, the 1976 amendments provided in the case of a public or nonprofit...

...program for which it awards a bachelor's degree (or an equivalent degree) ; (2) which admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation...secondary education (or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate) ; and (A) provide an educational program of not less than two years which is acceptable...

...schools, we stated this : Among the requirements listed in the law is the requirement, "admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation...secondary education or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate." The school's catalog — that is the school in this case, a proprietary institution...

...for which it awards a bachelor's degree, or is a junior or community college; (b) Admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation...secondary education or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate; (c) Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association determined...