No. Community colleges and other Institutions of Higher Education are Institutions of Higher Education as defined in 2 CFR 200.1 and noted in Section III.A of the NOFO, which is the definition EPA uses to interpret the term “institution of higher education” in section 138(b)(3) of the Clean Air Act. That definition incorporates the definition of an Institution of Higher Education under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 20 U.S.C. 1001.
Community colleges are identified in 20 U.S.C. 1001(a)(3) as Institutions of Higher Education offering 2- year programs “...that is acceptable for full credit toward...a bachelor’s degree.” The fact that any such institution also has nonprofit status does not alter their designation as such an institution indicated by 20 U.S.C. 1001(a)(4).