[United States Government Manual]
[July 01, 1995]
[Pages 249-257]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

600 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202
Phone, 202-708-5366
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION                           Richard W. Riley
  Chief of Staff                                 Frank S. Holleman
Director, Office of Public Affairs               Kathryn Kahler
Deputy Secretary                                 Madeleine Kunin
Under Secretary                                  Marshall C. Smith
  Director, Planning and Evaluation              Alan Ginsburg
      Service
  Director, Budget Service                       Sally Christensen
Assistant Secretary for Management               Rodney M. McCowan
  Director, Information Resources                Gloria Parker
      Group
  Director, Office of Hearings and               Frank J. Furey
      Appeals
    Director, Human Resources Group              Veronica D. Trietsch
    Director, Quality Workplace                  Tony Conques
        Group
Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental and    Gilberto Mario Moreno
    Interagency Affairs
Director, White House Initiatives on Hispanic    Alfred Ramirez
    Education
Director, Office of Non-Public Education         Michelle L. Doyle
Director, Operations Support Staff               Gloria Mounts
Inspector General                                John P. Higgins, Jr., 
                                                     Acting
  Assistant Inspector General for                Dianne Van Riper
      Investigation Services
  Assistant Inspector General for                John P. Higgins, Jr.
      Policy, Planning and 
      Management Services
  Assistant Inspector General for                Steven McNamara
      Audit Services
Assistant Secretary for Legislation and          Kay Casstevens
    Congressional Affairs
  Director, Legislation Staff                    Thomas Wolanin, Acting
  Director, Congressional Affairs                (vacancy)
      Staff
General Counsel                                  Judith A. Winston
  Deputy General Counsel for                     Felix Baxter
      Postsecondary and 
      Departmental Service
  Deputy General Counsel for                     Steven Y. Winnick
      Program Service
  Deputy General Counsel for                     Jamienne S. Studley
      Regulations and Legislation 
      Service
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights             Norma Cantu
  Deputy Assistant Secretary                     Raymond C. Pierce
  Director, Planning, Analysis and               Allen Jackson
      Systems Service
  Director, Policy, Enforcement and              Jeannette Lim
      Program Service
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research     Sharon P. Robinson
    and Improvement
  Deputy Assistant Secretary for                 Dick W. Hays
      Operations
  Director, Library Programs                     Ray Fry

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  Director, Programs for the                     Eve Bither
      Improvement of Practice
  Director, Office of Research                   Joseph Conaty, Acting
  Commissioner, National Center for              Emerson J. Elliott
      Education Statistics
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and    Judith Heumann
    Rehabilitative Services
  Director, Special Education                    Thomas Hehir
      Programs
  Director, National Institute on                Katherine D. Seelman
      Disability and Rehabilitation 
      Research
  Commissioner, Rehabilitation                   Fredric K. Schroeder
      Services Administration
Director, Office of Bilingual Education and      Eugene Garcia
    Minority Languages Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and           Thomas W. Payzant
    Secondary Education
  Director, Compensatory Education               Mary Jean LeTendre
      Programs
  Director, Impact Aid Programs                  Catherine Schagh, 
                                                     Acting
  Director, School Improvement                   Alicia Coro
      Programs
  Director, Office of Indian                     James Kohlmoos, Acting
      Education
  Director, Office of Migrant                    Bayla F. White
      Education
Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult     Augusta S. Kappner
    Education
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education  David A. Longanecker
  Deputy Assistant Secretary for                 Claudio R. Prieto
      Higher Education Programs
  Director, Center for                           Richard D. Scarfo, 
      International Education                        Acting
  Deputy Assistant Secretary for                 David Longanecker, 
      Student Financial Assistance                   Acting
      Programs
  Service Director, Policy,                      Deborah Brown, Acting
      Training and Analysis Service
  Service Director, Accounting and               Linda Paulsen
      Financial Management Service
  Director, Program Systems Service              Carl O'Riley
  Director, Institutional                        William Moran, Acting
      Participation and Oversight 
      Service
  Director, Regional Operations                  Bonnie LeBold
      Division
  Director, Fund for the                         Charles Karelis
      Improvement of Postsecondary 
      Education
  Service Director, Debt Collection              John Haines
      Service
  Chief Financial Officer                        Donald R. Wurtz
  Director, Accounting and                       Mitchell L. Laine
      Financial Management Service
  Director, Grants and Contracts                 Gary J. Rasmussen
      Service
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The Department of Education is the Cabinet-level department that 
establishes policy for, administers, and coordinates most Federal 
assistance to education. Its mission is to ensure access to education 
and to promote educational excellence throughtout the Nation.

The Department of Education was created by the Department of Education 
Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3411). The
Department is administered under the supervision and direction of the 
Secretary of Education.

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Office of the Secretary

Secretary  The Secretary of Education advises the President on education 
plans, policies, and programs of the Federal Government. The Secretary 
also carries out certain Federal responsibilities for four federally 
aided corporations: the American Printing House for the Blind, Gallaudet 
University, Howard University, and the National Technical Institute for 
the Deaf. The Deputy Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries, the Inspector 
General, the General Counsel, the Chief Financial Officer, and the Under 
Secretary are the principal officers and aid the Secretary in the 
overall management of the Department.
Bilingual Education  The Office of Bilingual Education and Minority 
Languages Affairs administers programs designed to fund activities that 
assist students with limited English proficiency. The Office administers 
the discretionary grant competition for 14 grant programs established by 
law and 1 formula grant program under the Immigrant Education Program. 
The Office also administers contracts for research and evaluation, 
technical assistance, and clearinghouse activities to meet the special 
educational needs of populations with limited English proficiency.
Civil Rights  The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights is responsible 
for ensuring that institutional recipients of Federal financial 
assistance do not discriminate against American students, faculty, or 
other individuals on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, 
handicap, or age.
Elementary and Secondary Education  The Assistant Secretary for 
Elementary and Secondary Education formulates policy for, directs, and 
coordinates the activities relating to preschool, elementary, and 
secondary education in the Department. Included are grants and contracts 
to State educational agencies and local school districts, postsecondary 
schools and nonprofit organizations for State and local reform, 
compensatory, migrant, and Indian education; drug-free schools; other 
school improvement programs; and impact aid.
Educational Research and Improvement  The Assistant Secretary for 
Educational Research and Improvement provides national leadership in 
expanding fundamental knowledge and improving the quality of education. 
This Office is responsible for conducting and supporting education-
related research activities; monitoring the state of education through 
the collection and analysis of statistical data; promoting the use and 
application of research and development to improve instructional 
practices in the classroom; and, disseminating these findings and 
providing technical assistance to specific problems at school sites.
Vocational and Adult Education  The Assistant Secretary for Vocational 
and Adult Education administers grant, contract, and technical 
assistance programs for vocational-technical education and for adult 
education and literacy. The Office is also responsible for coordinating 
these programs with other Education Department and Federal programs 
supporting services and research for adult education, literacy, and 
occupational training.
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services  The Assistant Secretary 
for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services is responsible for 
special education programs and services expressly designed to meet the 
needs and develop the full potential of children with disabilities; and 
comprehensive rehabilitation service programs specifically designed to 
reduce human dependency, to increase self-reliance, and to fully utilize 
the productive capabilities of all persons with disabilities. Programs 
include support for training of teachers and other professional 
personnel; grants for research; financial aid to help States initiate, 
expand, and improve their resources; and media services and captioned 
films for hearing-impaired persons.
Postsecondary Education  The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 
Education formulates policy and directs and coordinates programs for 
assistance to postsecondary educational institutions 

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and students pursuing a postsecondary education. Programs include 
assistance for the improvement and expansion of American educational 
resources for international studies and services, grants to improve 
instruction in crucial academic subjects, and construction assistance 
for academic facilities. Also included are programs of student financial 
assistance, including Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunity 
Grants, Grants to States for State Student Incentives, Work-
Study,Federal Direct Student Loans, Stafford Loans, Parent Loans for 
Undergraduate Students (PLUS), Supplemental Loans for Students (SLS), 
Consolidation Loans, and Perkins Loans.
    The administration and implementation of the Federal Director Loan 
Program is under the authority of the Senior Advisor to the Secretary 
through September 30, 1996.
Regional Offices  Each regional office serves as a center for the 
dissemination of information and provides technical assistance to State 
and local educational agencies and other institutions and individuals 
interested in Federal education activities. At present, offices are 
located in 10 cities: Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; 
Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; San 
Francisco, CA; and Seattle, WA.

Federally Aided Corporations

(These Corporations are supported in part by Federal funds appropriated 
in the budget of the Department of Education.)

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American Printing House for the Blind

P.O. Box 6085, Louisville, KY 40206
Phone, 502-895-2405
President                                        Tuck Tinsley
Chairman of the Board                            John Barr
________________________________________________________________________
The American Printing House for the Blind was incorporated by the 
Kentucky Legislature in 1858 to assist in the education of the blind by 
distributing Braille books, talking books, and educational aids without 
cost to educational institutions educating blind children pursuant to 
the act ``To Promote the Education of the Blind,'' as amended (20 Stat. 
467), adopted by Congress in 1879.
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Gallaudet University

800 Florida Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20002
Phone, 202-651-5000
Chairman, Board of Trustees                      Phil Bravin
President, Gallaudet University                  I. King Jordan
Dean of Graduate Studies and Research            Michael Karchmer
Vice President for Administration and Business   Paul Kelly

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Dean of College for Continuing Education         Patti E. Singleton, 
                                                     Acting
Vice President, Pre-College Programs             Harvey Corson
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The Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, and 
the Blind was incorporated by act of February 16, 1857 (11 Stat. 161). 
An amendatory act of February 23, 1865 (13 Stat. 436), changed the name 
to the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb. 
The name was subsequently changed to Columbia Institution for the Deaf 
by act of March 4, 1911 (36 Stat. 1422). The act of June 18, 1954 (20 
U.S.C. 691 et seq.), changed its name to Gallaudet College. The 
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301) changed the name to 
Gallaudet University.
    Gallaudet University was established to provide a liberal higher 
education for deaf persons who need special facilities to compensate for 
their loss of hearing. The primary purpose of the university is to 
afford its students the intellectual and spiritual development that can 
be acquired through a study of the liberal arts and sciences.
    In addition to its undergraduate program, Gallaudet University 
operates a graduate program at the master's level for preparing teachers 
and other professional personnel to work with persons who are deaf, a 
research program focusing on problems related to deafness, and a 
preschool for young deaf children.
Accreditation  Gallaudet University is accredited by the Middle States 
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the National Council for 
Accreditation of Teacher Education, and the Council on Social Work 
Education.
Model Secondary School for the Deaf  The school was established by act 
of October 15, 1966 (20 U.S.C. 693), when the Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare entered into an agreement with Gallaudet College 
for the establishment and operation, including construction, of such a 
facility. It was established as an exemplary educational facility for 
deaf students of high school age from the District of Columbia, 
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The 
school's mission is to provide maximum flexibility in curricula and to 
encourage originality, imagination, and innovation needed to satisfy 
deaf students' high levels of aspirations.
    The objectives of the school are to provide day and residential 
facilities for deaf youth of high school age, in order to prepare some 
for college and other advanced study and to provide terminal education 
for others; to prepare all students to the maximum extent possible to be 
independent, contributing members of society; and to stimulate the 
development of similar programs throughout the Nation.
Kendall Demonstration Elementary School  The school, which is located on 
the campus of Gallaudet University and now serves approximately 200 
students, became the Nation's first demonstration elementary school for 
the deaf by act of December 24, 1970 (20 U.S.C. 695), which authorized 
Gallaudet College to operate and maintain the school as a model that 
will experiment in techniques and materials, and to disseminate 
information from these and future projects to educational facilities for 
deaf children throughout the country.

For further information, contact the Division of Public Service, 
Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20002. 
Phone, 202-651-5505.

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Howard University

2400 Sixth Street NW., Washington, DC 20059
Phone, 202-806-6100
Interim President                                Joyce A. Ladner
________________________________________________________________________
Howard University was established by act of March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. 
438). It is governed by a 27-member self-perpetuating board of trustees. 
The University maintains a special relationship with the Federal 
Government through the Department of Education.
    Howard University, jointly supported by congressional appropriations 
and private funds, is a comprehensive university organization offering 
instruction in 17 schools and colleges as follows: the college of 
liberal arts, the school of engineering, the school of architecture and 
planning, the school of business and public administration, the college 
of fine arts, the college of medicine, the college of dentistry, the 
college of pharmacy and pharmaceutical science, the school of law, the 
school of religion, the graduate school, the school of social work, the 
school of communications, the school of education, the college of 
nursing, the school of human ecology, the college of allied health 
sciences, and a summer school. In addition, Howard University has 
research institutes in the following areas: the arts and the humanities, 
urban affairs and research, drug abuse and addiction, minority business 
education, and the study of educational policy.
    The University is coeducational and admits students of every race, 
creed, color, and national origin, but it accepts and discharges a 
special responsibility for the admission and training of black students.

For further information, contact the Office of University 
Communications, Howard University, 2400 Sixth Street NW., Washington, DC 
20001. Phone, 202-806-0970.

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National Institute for Literacy

Suite 200, 800 Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20006
Phone, 202-632-1500
Director                                         Andrew Hartman
________________________________________________________________________
The National Institute for Literacy is administered under an interagency 
agreement among the Secretaries of Education, Labor, and Health and 
Human Services. The Institute's mission is to enhance the national 
effort to eliminate illiteracy by the year 2000 by creating a national 
network and serving as a focal point for coordination and dissemination 
of information.
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National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Rochester Institute of Technology

2 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623
Phone, 716-475-6400 (voice only)
President of Rochester Institute of Technology   Albert J. Simone
Interim Director of the National Technical       James DeCaro
    Institute for the Deaf
________________________________________________________________________
The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) was established by 
act of June 8, 1965 (20 U.S.C. 681), and after several years of 
planning, programs began in 1968. Funded through the Department of 
Education, it is an integral part of a larger institution known as the 
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).
    NTID's presence at RIT is the first effort to educate large numbers 
of deaf students within a college campus planned primarily for hearing 
students. Unique in the world, NTID is a vital part of RIT's main 1,300-
acre campus in suburban Rochester, NY. It provides educational 
opportunities for qualified students from every State in the Nation and, 
through educational outreach, publications, and related service, serves 
deaf persons throughout the world. In addition, NTID conducts research 
to better understand the role of deafness in education and employment, 
and to develop innovative teaching techniques. It develops training 
activities for its faculty and staff, as well as for other professionals 
working with deaf persons across the country.
    One of the major reasons for NTID's success in helping deaf students 
join the mainstream of American life is its close working relationship 
with other RIT colleges in developing career-oriented programs of study. 
One of RIT's main strengths over the years has been its ability to adapt 
its educational programs to technological and social change. NTID helps 
keep that RIT tradition alive and has served more than 5,362 deaf 
students since 1968.
    Deaf graduates from RIT have found employment throughout the Nation 
or have moved on to advanced academic studies. Of those who pursued 
employment, more than 90 percent have been placed in jobs; 93 percent in 
jobs commensurate with their educational preparation. Of those employed, 
80 percent work in business and industry, more than 11 percent in 
government, and the remainder in education.
    An applicant for NTID at RIT must be a U.S. resident. An overall 
eighth grade achievement level or above is required, and, except under 
special circumstances, an applicant must have completed a secondary 
program. An applicant also must show evidence of need for special 
services because of hearing loss and have an unaided better ear average 
of 70dB ISO. References are requested.
    Both Institutes are accredited by the Middle States Association of 
Colleges and Secondary Schools. RIT also has been accredited by the 
Engineers' Council for Professional Development; National Association of 
Schools of Art; Committee on Professional Training of American Chemical 
Society; Council on Social Work Education; and the National Accrediting 
Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences.

For further information, contact the Public Information Office, National 
Technical Institute for the Deaf, 2 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 
14623. Phone, 716-475-6283.

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Sources of Information

Office of the Secretary
Inquiries on the following information may be directed to the specified 
office, Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20202.
Contracts and Small Business Activities  Call or write the Office of 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. Phone, 202-708-9820.
Employment  Inquiries and applications for employment, and inquiries 
regarding the college recruitment program, should be directed to the 
Human Resources Group. Phone, 202-401-0553.
Organization and Internal Procedures  Call or write the Director, 
Strategy and Management Consulting Group. Phone, 202-260-0875.

For further information concerning the Department of Education, contact 
the Information Center, Department of Education, Room 4608 (ROB3), 600 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202. Phone, 202-708-5366.