; Alaska Native Serving Institutions and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions as defined in section 317 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1059d ); and Predominantly Black Institutions, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions, and Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions as defined in section 371 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1067q(c) ). (7) STEM The term STEM has the meaning given the term in the STEM Education Act of 2015 ( 42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.). (8) TCU The term TCU has the meaning given the term Tribal College or University in section 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1059c ).