---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 676.2"
title: "34"
number: "676.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/676.2"
---

# §676.2. Definitions.

- (a) The definitions of the following terms used in this part are set forth in [subpart A](/cfr/34/subpartA.md) of the Student Assistance General Provisions, [34 CFR part 668](/cfr/34/part668.md):
- (b) **The Secretary defines other terms used in this part as follows—** *Financial need: The difference between a student's cost of attendance and his or her EFC.

  *Institution of higher education (institution): A public or private nonprofit institution of higher education, a proprietary institution of higher education, or a postsecondary vocational institution.

  * Need-based employment: Employment provided by an institution itself or by another entity to a student who has demonstrated to the institution or the entity (through standards or methods it establishes) a financial need for the earnings from that employment for the purpose of defraying educational costs of attendance for the award year for which the employment is provided.


## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 45778, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 52582, Dec. 28, 1988; 57 FR 32357, July 21, 1992; 59 FR 61421, Nov. 30, 1994; 60 FR 61815, Dec. 1, 1995; 61 FR 60608, Nov. 29, 1996; 69 FR 12276, Mar. 16, 2004; 71 FR 38003, July 3, 2006; 72 FR 62030, Nov. 1, 2007; 73 FR 35495, June 23, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070b—1070b-3, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 45778, Dec. 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[52 FR 45778, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 52582, Dec. 28, 1988; 57 FR 32357, July 21, 1992; 59 FR 61421, Nov. 30, 1994; 60 FR 61815, Dec. 1, 1995; 61 FR 60608, Nov. 29, 1996; 69 FR 12276, Mar. 16, 2004; 71 FR 38003, July 3, 2006; 72 FR 62030, Nov. 1, 2007; 73 FR 35495, June 23, 2008]