Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act

In this Act:

(1) Federal education assistance funds. The term Federal education assistance funds has the meaning given the term in section 487(a)(24) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(24)).

(2) Freely associated States. The term freely associated States means the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.

(3) Institution of higher education. The term institution of higher education—

(A) means a postsecondary education institution that receives Federal education assistance funds; and

(B) includes an institution of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002).

(4) State. The term State includes, in addition to the several States of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the freely associated States.