[United States Government Manual]
[May 31, 1996]
[Pages 243-251]
[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                     Kathryn Kahler
      Affairs
Deputy Secretary                                 Madeleine M. Kunin
Under Secretary                                  Marshall S. Smith
  Director, Planning and Evaluation              Alan Ginsburg
      Service
  Director, Budget Service                       Sally Christensen
Director for Management                          Gary J. Rasmussen
  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 Group              Tony Conques
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               Norman Hall
Inspector General                                Thomas R. Bloom
  Assistant Inspector General for                Dianne Van Riper
      Integrity Services
  Assistant Inspector General for                John P. Higgins, Jr.
      Planning, Analysis, and 
      Management Services
  Assistant Inspector General for                Steven McNamara
      Improvement Services
Assistant Secretary for Legislation and          Kay Casstevens
    Congressional Affairs
  Deputy Assistant Secretary                     Thomas Wolanin
  Director, Legislation Staff                    Thomas Wolanin, Acting
  Director, Congressional Affairs                Scott Fleming
      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              Anne C. Yorke, Acting
      Systems Service 
  Director, Policy, Enforcement,                 Jeannette Lim
      and Program Service
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research     Sharon P. Robinson
    and Improvement
  Deputy Assistant Secretary for                 Charles E. Hansen
    Policy
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  Director, Library Programs                     Robert Klassen
  Director, National Library of                  Blane K. Dessy
      Education
  Director, Media and Information                Cynthia Dorfman
      Services
  Director, Office of Reform                     Eve Bither, Acting
      Assistance and Dissemination
  Director, National Institute on                Joseph Conaty, Acting
      Student Achievement, 
      Curriculum, and Assessment
  Director, National Institute on                Judith Anderson, Acting
      the Education of At-Risk 
      Students
  Director, National Institute on                Naomi Karp, Acting
      Early Childhood Development 
      and Education
  Director, National Institute on                Edward Fuentes, Acting
      Governance, Finance, 
      Policymaking, and Management
  Director, National Institute on                David Boesel, Acting
      Postsecondary Education, 
      Libraries, and Lifelong 
      Learning
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and    Judith E. Heumann
    Rehabilitative Services
  Deputy Assistant Secretary                     Howard R. Moses
  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      Delia Pompa
    Minority Languages Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and           Gerald N. Tirozzi
    Secondary Education
  Director, Compensatory Education               Mary Jean LeTendre
      Programs
  Director, Impact Aid Programs                  Catherine Schagh
  Director, School Improvement                   Arthur Cole, Acting
      Programs
  Director, Office of Indian                     Sandra Spaulding, 
      Education                                      Acting
  Director, Office of Migrant                    Bayla F. White
      Education
  Director, Goals 2000 Programs                  Thomas Fagan
  Director, Safe and Drug-Free                   William Modzeleski
      Schools Program
Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult     Patricia W. McNeil, 
    Education                                        Acting
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education  David A. Longanecker
  Deputy Assistant Secretary for                 Maureen McLaughlin
      Policy, Planning, and 
      Innovation
  Director, Fund for the                         Charles H. Karelis
      Improvement of Postsecondary 
      Education
  Deputy Assistant Secretary for                 Elizabeth M. Hicks
      Student Financial Assistance 
      Programs
  Director, Policy, Training, and                Vera C. Winkler
      Analysis Service
  Director, Accounting and                       Linda L. Paulsen
      Financial Management Service
  Director, Program Systems Service              Carolyn J. Seifert, 
                                                     Acting
  Director, Institutional                        Marianne Phelps
      Participation and Oversight 
      Service
  Director, Regional Operations                  Bonnie L. LeBold
    Division
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  Director, Debt Collection Service              Thomas J. Petska
  Deputy Assistant Secretary for                 Claudio R. Prieto
      Higher Education Programs
  Director, Center for                           Richard D. Scarfo
      International Education
Chief Financial Officer                          Donald R. Wurtz
  Director, Financial Services                   Mitchell L. Laine
  Director, Grants and Contracts                 Mary P. Liggett, Acting
      Service 
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The Department of Education establishes policy for, administers, and 
coordinates most Federal assistance to education. Its mission is to 
ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence 
throughout 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.

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 serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Department, 
coordinating and overseeing all Department activities, providing support 
and encouragement to States and localities on matters related to 
education, and focusing the resources of the Department and the 
attention of the country on ensuring equal access to education and 
promoting educational excellence throughout the Nation. The Deputy 
Secretary, the Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries, the Inspector 
General, the General Counsel, and the Chief Financial Officer are the 
principal officers who assist the Secretary in the overall management of 
the Department.

Activities

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 12 grant programs established by 
law and 2 formula grant programs 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 Department's activities relating to preschool, 
elementary, and secondary education. 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 for specific problems at school sites.

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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 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.
    Administration and implementation of the Federal Direct Loan Program 
is under the authority of the Senior Adviser 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. Offices are located in 
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 III

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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                      Glenn B. Anderson
President, Gallaudet University                  I. King Jordan
Vice President, Academic Affairs                 Roslyn Rosen
Vice President, Administration and Business      Paul Kelly
Vice President, Institutional Advancement        Margarete Hall
Vice President, Precollege National Mission      Jane K. Fernandes
    Programs
________________________________________________________________________
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, the University operates a 
graduate program at the master's level to prepare teachers and other 
professional personnel to work with persons who are deaf, a research 
program focusing on problems related to deafness, and continuing 
education for deaf adults.
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, Delaware, and the rest 
of the Nation on a space-available basis. The school's mission is to 
provide maximum flexibility in curricula and to encourage the 
originality, imagination, and innovation needed to satisfy deaf 
students' high 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

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members of society; and to stimulate the development of similar programs 
throughout the Nation.
Kendall Demonstration Elementary School  The School 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 it 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. The 
School is located on the campus of Gallaudet University and now serves 
approximately 200 students.

For further information, contact the Public Relations Office, Gallaudet 
University, 800 Florida Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20002. Phone, 202-
651-5505. Internet, http://www.gallaudet.edu/.

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Howard University

2400 Sixth Street NW., Washington, DC 20059
Phone, 202-806-6100
President                                        H. Patrick Swygert
________________________________________________________________________
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
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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

52 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623
Phone, 716-475-6853 (voice/TDD)
President, Rochester Institute of Technology     Albert J. Simone
Dean and Interim Director, 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 primarily through the 
Department of Education, it is an integral part of a larger institution 
known as the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).
    The presence of NTID 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, and NTID 
helps keep that tradition alive. It has served more than 7,000 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.
    The Institutes accept applications from U.S. residents, as well as a 
limited number of international students. 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. 
International applicants generally are required to take the Test of 
English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and must provide documentation of 
availability of financial resources to meet the full cost of attending 
RIT. References are requested.
    Both Institutes are accredited by the Middle States Association of 
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and Secondary Schools. Rochester Institute of Technology 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 Rochester Institute of Technology, 
National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Department of Recruitment and 
Admissions, Lyndon Baines Johnson Building, 52 Lomb Memorial Drive, 
Rochester, NY 14623-5604. Phone, 716-475-6700.

Sources of Information

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  Contact the Management Systems Improvement Group. Phone, 
202-260-8973. TDD, 202-260-8956.

For further information, contact the Information Center, Department of 
Education, Room 4608 (ROB3), 600 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20202. Phone, 800-USA-LEARN. Internet, http://www.ed.gov/.