[United States Government Manual]
[June 01, 2002]
[Pages 207-213]
[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                            Roderick R. Paige
    Chief of Staff                                John Danielson
    Director, Office of Public Affairs            Dan Langan, Acting
    General Counsel                               Brian W. Jones
    Inspector General                             Lorraine Lewis
    Deputy Secretary                              William D. Hansen
        Assistant Secretary for                   Becky Campoverde
                Legislation and 
                Congressional Affairs
        Assistant Secretary for                   Laurie M. Rich
                Intergovernmental and 
                Interagency Affairs
        Chief Financial Officer                   Jack Martin
        Chief Information Officer                 Craig Luigart
        Assistant Secretary for                   William Leidinger
                Management
    Under Secretary                               Eugene Hickok
        Assistant Secretary for Civil             C. Todd Jones
                Rights
        Assistant Secretary for                   Grover J. Whitehurst
                Educational Research and 
                Improvement
        Assistant Secretary for                   Susan B. Neuman
                Elementary and Secondary 
                Education
        Assistant Secretary for                   Sally Stoup
                Postsecondary Education
        Assistant Secretary for Special           Robert H. Pasternack
                Education and 
                Rehabilitative Services
        Assistant Secretary for                   Carol D'Amico
                Vocational and Adult 
                Education
        Chief Operating Officer for               Greg Woods
                Federal Student Aid
        Director, Office of English               Marina Tse
                Language Acquisition, 
                Language Enhancement, 
                and Academic Achievement 
                for Limited English 
                Proficient Students

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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) 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

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education and promoting educational excellence throughout the Nation.

Activities

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; the education of 
disadvantaged, migrant, and Indian children; drug and violence 
prevention programs and programs that promote the health and well-being 
of children; impact aid; and after-school learning programs. The Office 
also focuses on providing children with the readiness skills and support 
they need in early childhood so they can learn to read once they enter 
school; improving the instructional practices of teachers and other 
instructional staff in elementary schools; and reducing class size.

English Language Acquisition  The Officeof English Language Acquisition, 
Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English 
Proficient Students provides national leadership in promoting high-
quality education for the Nation's population of English language 
learners.

Federal Student Aid  The Office of Student Financial Assistance (FSA) 
provides 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. 
FSA 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.

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

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programs that are crafting blueprints for a barrier-free, inclusive 
society.

Vocational and Adult Education  The Office of Vocational and Adult 
Education administers grant, contract, and technical assistance programs 
for 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. Internet, www.aph.org.

President                                         Tuck Tinsley III
Chairman of the Board                             Joseph A. Taradis III

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The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) produces and distributes 
educational materials adapted for students who are legally blind and 
enrolled in formal educational programs below the college level. 
Materials produced by APH include textbooks in braille and large type, 
educational tools such as braille typewriters and microcomputer software 
and hardware, teaching aides such as tests and performance measures, and 
other special supplies. The materials are distributed to programs 
serving individuals who are blind through allotments to the States.

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

Gallaudet University

800 Florida Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20002
Phone, 202-651-5000. Internet, www.gallaudet.edu.

President, Gallaudet University                   I. King Jordan
Chairman, Board of Trustees                       Glenn B. Anderson

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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. Gallaudet is a private, 
nonprofit education institution providing elementary, secondary, 
undergraduate, and continuing education programs for persons who are 
deaf. The University offers a traditional liberal arts curriculum for 
students who are deaf and graduate programs in fields related to 
deafness for students who are deaf and students who are hearing. 
Gallaudet also conducts a wide variety of basic and applied deafness 
research and provides public service programs for persons who are deaf 
and professionals who work with persons who are deaf.

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     Gallaudet University is accredited by a number of accrediting 
bodies, among which are the Middle States Association of Colleges and 
Secondary Schools, the National Council for Accredation of Teacher 
Education, and the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools 
and Programs for the Deaf.

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center  Gallaudet's Laurent Clerc 
National Deaf Education Center operates two Federally funded elementary 
and secondary education programs on the main campus of the University, 
the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School and the Model Secondary 
School for the Deaf. These programs are authorized by the Eduction of 
the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4304, as amended October 7, 1998) for 
the primary purpose of developing, evaluating, and disseminating model 
curricula, instructional techniques and strategies, and materials that 
can be used in a variety of educational environments serving individuals 
who are deaf and individuals who are hard of hearing throughout the 
Nation. The Education of the Deaf Act requires the programs to include 
students preparing for postsecondary opportunities other than college 
and students with a broad spectrum of needs, such as students who are 
lower achieving academically, come from non-English speaking homes, have 
secondary disabilities, are members of minority groups, or are from 
rural areas.

Model Secondary School for the Deaf  The school was established by act 
of October 15, 1966 (20 U.S.C. 693), which was superseded by the 
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986. The school provides day and 
residential facilities for secondary aged students from across the 
United States from grades 9 through 12, inclusive.

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). This act was superseded by the Education of 
the Deaf Act of 1986. The school is a day program serving students from 
the Washington, DC, metropolitan area from the age of onset of deafness 
to age 15, inclusive, but not beyond the eighth grade or its equivalent.

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; 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; the W. Montague Cobb Human Skeletons Collection; drug 
abuse; science, space, and technology; African-American resources; 
cancer; child development; computational science and engineering; 
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affairs; sickle cell disease; and the national human genome project.

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, 202-233-2025

Director                                          Sandra L. Baxter, 
                                                          Acting

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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 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). Internet, www.ntid.edu.

President, Rochester Institute of Technology      Albert J. Simone
Vice President, National Technical Institute for  Robert R. Davila
        the Deaf

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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) to promote the employment of persons 
who are deaf by providing technical and professional education. The 
National Technical Institute for the Deaf Act was superseded by the 
Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4431, as amended October 7, 
1998). The Department of Education maintains a contract with the 
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for the operation of a 
residential facility for postsecondary technical training and education 
for individuals who are deaf. The purpose of the special relationship 
with the host institution is to provide NTID and its students access to 
more facilities, institutional services, and career preparation options 
than could be otherwise provided by a national technical institute for 
the deaf standing alone.
    NTID offers a variety of technical programs at the certificate, 
diploma, and associate degree levels. Degree programs include majors in 
business, engineering, science, and visual communications. In addition, 
NTID students may participate in approximately 200 educational programs 
available through the Rochester Institute of Technology. Students who 
are deaf that enroll in NTID or RIT programs are provided a

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wide range of support services and special programs to assist them in 
preparing for their careers, including tutoring, counseling, notetaking, 
interpreting, specialized educational media, cooperative work 
experience, and specialized job placement. Both RIT and NTID are 
accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary 
Schools.
    NTID also conducts applied research in occupational and employment-
related aspects of deafness, communication assessment, the demographics 
of NTID's target population, and learning processes in postsecondary 
education. In addition, NTID conducts training workshops and seminars 
related to deafness. These workshops and seminars are offered to 
professionals throughout the Nation who employ, work with, teach, or 
otherwise serve persons who are deaf.

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. Internet, www.ntid.edu.

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.