To amend the Higher Education Act, 1997, so as to provide that the policy determined by the Minister may prescribe the scope of operations of public and private higher education institutions; to provide that vacancies in the CHE are filled for the unexpired term of ofice of the predecessor; to provide for nominations to fill vacancies in the CHE; to provide that public higher education institutions may not without the concurrence of the Minister enter into a loan agreement or develop infrastructure; to empower the Minister to differentiate between foreign higher education institutions and local private higher education institutions if it is deemed to be in the best interest of public higher education institutions; to provide that the Minister must make regulations to give effect to the registration of private higher education institutions; and to provide for matters connected therewith.