"services which are identified by an institution of higher education,
through formal or informal consultation with local nonprofit,
governmental, and community-based organizations, as designed to improve
the quality of life for community residents, particularly low-income
individuals, or to solve particular problems related to their needs,
including:
such fields as health care, child care, literacy training, education
(including tutuorial services), welfare, social services, transportation,
housing and neighborhood improvement, public safety, crime prevention and
control, recreation, rural development, and community improvement;
work in service opportunities or youth corps as defined in
the National and Community Service Act of 1990;
support services to students with disabilities; and
activities in which a student serves as a mentor for such
purposes as tutoring, supporting educational and recreational activities;
and counseling, including career counseling."
Taken from the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended
by
the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, and the Higher
Education
Technical Amendments of 1993