[United States Government Manual]
[June 01, 2000]
[Pages 208-213]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202

Phone, 800-USA-LEARN (toll-free). Internet, www.ed.gov.
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION                            Richard W. Riley
    Chief of Staff                                Diane Rossi
    Director, Office of Public Affairs            Alex Wohl, Acting
    General Counsel                               Judith A. Winston
    Inspector General                             Lorraine Lewis
    Deputy Secretary                              Frank S. Holleman III
        Assistant Secretary for                   Scott Fleming
                Legislation and 
                Congressional Affairs
        Assistant Secretary for                   Gilberto Mario Moreno
                Intergovernmental and 
                Interagency Affairs
        Chief Financial Officer                   Thomas Skelly, Acting
        Chief Information Officer                 Craig Luigart
        Director for Management                   Willie Gilmore
    Under Secretary                               Judith A. Winston, 
                                                          Acting
        Assistant Secretary for Civil             Norma V. Cantu
                Rights
        Assistant Secretary for                   C. Kent McGuire
                Educational Research and 
                Improvement
        Assistant Secretary for                   Michael Cohen
                Elementary and Secondary 
                Education
        Assistant Secretary for                   Lee Fritschler
                Postsecondary Education
        Assistant Secretary for Special           Judith E. Heumann
                Education and 
                Rehabilitative Services
        Assistant Secretary for                   Patricia W. McNeil
                Vocational and Adult 
                Education
        Chief Operating Officer for               Greg Woods
                Student Financial 
                Assistance
        Director, Office of Bilingual             Arthur Love, Acting
                Education and Minority 
                Languages Affairs

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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 
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The Department of Education was created by the Department of Education 
Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3411) and is administered under the 
supervision and direction of the Secretary of Education.
Secretary  The Secretary of Education advises the President on education 
plans, policies, and programs of the Federal Government and 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.

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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 
grants and contracts for research and evaluation, technical assistance, 
and clearinghouse activities to meet the special educational needs of 
populations with limited English proficiency.
Educational Research and Improvement  The Office of Educational Research 
and Improvement provides national leadership in expanding fundamental 
knowledge and improving the quality of education. It 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 to States and local education entities.
Elementary and Secondary Education  The Office of 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.
Postsecondary Education  The Office of 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.
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services  The Office of Special 
Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) provides leadership to 
ensure that people with disabilities have services, resources, and equal 
opportunities to learn, work, and live as fully integrated, contributing 
members of society. OSERS supports programs that serve millions of 
disabled children, youth, and adults. It coordinates the activities of 
the Office of Special Education Programs, which works to help States 
provide quality educational opportunities and early-intervention 
services to help students with disabilities achieve their goals. OSERS 
supports State vocational rehabilitation programs that give disabled 
people the education, job training, and job placement services they need 
to gain meaningful employment. It supports research and technological 
programs that are crafting blueprints for a barrier-free, inclusive 
society.
Student Financial Assistance  The Office of Student Financial Assistance 
(SFA) directs and coordinates activities of the Department of Education 
to provide financial assistance through grants and work and loan 
programs to students pursuing a postsecondary education. The Federal 
student financial aid programs include: Stafford loans; parent loans for 
undergraduate students; supplemental loans for students; Federal insured 
student loans; consolidated loans; Perkins loans; income contingent 
loans; Pell grants; the College Work-Study Program; supplemental 
educational opportunities grants; and State student incentive grants. 
SFA also works to improve credit management and debt collection through 
the collection of defaulted student loans under the Guaranteed Student 
Loan Program and the Law Enforcement Education Program, and the 
collection of overpayments in the Pell Grant Program and Supplemental 
Educational Opportunities Grant Program.
Vocational and Adult Education  The Office of Vocational and Adult 
Education administers grant, contract, and technical assistance programs 
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vocational-technical education and for adult education and literacy.
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

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.

For further information, contact the American Printing House for the 
Blind, P.O. Box 6085, Louisville, KY 40206. Phone, 502-895-2405.

Gallaudet University

800 Florida Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20002

Phone, 202-651-5000. Internet, www.gallaudet.edu.
Chairman, Board of Trustees                       Glenn B. Anderson
President, Gallaudet University                   I. King Jordan

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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). 
The name of the institution was changed in 1865, 1911, 1954, and 
eventually in 1986 to Gallaudet University. The 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  The 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), to provide maximum flexibility in 
curricula and to encourage the originality, imagination, and innovation 
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satisfy deaf students' high aspirations. The school provides day and 
residential facilities for deaf youth of high school age, in order to 
prepare them for college or for postsecondary opportunities other than 
college; prepares all students to the maximum extent possible to be 
independent, contributing members of society; and stimulates 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.

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

Howard University

2400 Sixth Street NW., Washington, DC 20059

Phone, 202-806-6100. Internet, www.howard.edu.
President                                         H. Patrick Swygert

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Howard University was established by act of March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. 
438). It offers instruction in 12 schools and colleges: the colleges of 
arts and sciences; dentistry; engineering, architecture, and computer 
sciences; medicine; and pharmacy, nursing, and allied health sciences; 
the graduate school of arts and sciences; the schools of business; 
communications; divinity; education; law; and social work; and a summer 
school. In addition, Howard University has research institutes, centers, 
and special programs in the following areas: disability and 
socioeconomic policy studies; terrestrial and extraterrestrial 
atmospheric studies; aerospace science and technology; materials science 
research; the New York African burial ground project; speech and 
hearing; vitiligo; drug abuse and addiction; science, space, and 
technology; African-American resources; cancer; child development; 
computational science and engineering; international affairs; sickle 
cell disease; and small business development.

For further information, contact the Office of University 
Communications, Howard University, 2400 Sixth Street NW., Washington, DC 
20059. Phone, 202-806-0970. Internet, www.howard.edu.

National Institute for Literacy

Suite 730, 1775 I Street NW., Washington, DC 20006

Phone, 202-632-1500
Director                                          Andrew Hartman

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The National Institute for Literacy leads the national effort towards a 
fully literate America. By building and strengthening national, 
regional, and State literacy infrastructures, the Institute fosters 
collaboration and innovation. Its goal is to ensure that all Americans 
with literacy needs receive the high-quality education

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and basic skills services necessary to achieve success in the workplace, 
family, and community.

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, National Technical Institute for the Deaf   T. Alan Hurwitz

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The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) was established by 
act of June 8, 1965 (20 U.S.C. 681). 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. It provides educational opportunities for qualified students 
from every State in the Nation and, through educational outreach, 
publications, and related services, 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.
    Both Institutes are accredited by the Middle States Association of 
Colleges 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, 400 Maryland 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 Executive Office, Office of Management. Phone, 
202-401-0690. TDD, 202-260-8956.

For further information, contact the Information Resources Center, 
Department of Education, Room 5E248 (FB-6), 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20202. Phone, 800-USA-LEARN. Internet, www.ed.gov.