[United States Government Manual] [May 30, 1997] [Pages 242-251] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov][[Page 242]] 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 David Frank Deputy Secretary Marshall S. Smith, Acting Director, Corporate Liaison Staff Margarita Colmenares Director, Office of Educational Linda Roberts Technology Director, Office of Small and Viola J. Sanchez Disadvantaged Business Utilization Under Secretary Marshall S. Smith Director, Management Operations Douglas M. Flamm Staff Director, Planning and Evaluation Alan L. Ginsburg Service Director, Budget Service Thomas P. Skelly Director for Management Gary J. Rasmussen Deputy Director Mary Ellen Dix Director, Equal Employment Mary Ellen Dix, Acting Opportunity Group Director, Family Policy Compliance LeRoy Rooker Group Director, Health and Environmental Diane Schmitz Safety Group Director, Human Resources Group Veronica D. Trietsch Director, Information Resources Gloria Parker Group Director, Labor Relations Group James Keenan Director, Management Systems Joseph Colantuoni Improvement Group Director, Office of Hearings and Frank J. Furey Appeals Director, Quality Workplace Group Tony Conques Director, Real Property Group David Hakola Director, Training and Development Ingrid Kolb Group Chief Information Officer Gloria Parker, Acting Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental and Gilberto Mario Moreno Interagency Affairs Director, Community Services John McGrath Director, Interagency, Henry Smith International, and National Service Director, Intergovernmental and Michelle Doyle Constituent Services Director, Regional Services Wilson Goode Inspector General Thomas R. Bloom Deputy Inspector General John P. Higgins, Jr. Assistant Inspector General for Dianne Van Riper Investigation Services Executive Officer, Planning, Robert K. Nagle Analysis, and Management Services Assistant Inspector General for Steven McNamara Audit Services [[Page 243]] Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Kay Casstevens Congressional Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Fleming Director, Legislation Staff Charlotte Frass Director, Congressional Affairs Scott Fleming, Acting Staff General Counsel Judith A. Winston Deputy General Counsel for Felix Baxter Postsecondary and Departmental Service Deputy General Counsel for Program Steven Y. Winnick Service Deputy General Counsel for Jamienne S. Studley Regulations and Legislation Service Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Norma V. Cantu Deputy Assistant Secretary Raymond C. Pierce Director, Enforcement, East Susan Bowers Director, Enforcement, West Cathy Lewis Director, Program Legal Group Eileen Hanrahan Director, Resource Management Group Paul Fairley Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Ray Cortines, Acting Improvement Deputy Assistant Secretary for Charles E. Hansen Policy and Planning Deputy Assistant Secretary for Charles E. Hansen, Operations Acting Commissioner, National Center for Pascal D. Forgione, Education Statistics Jr. Director, Library Programs Robert Klassen Director, National Library of Blane K. Dessy Education Director, Media and Information Cynthia Dorfman Services Director, Office of Reform Ronald Cartwright, Assistance and Dissemination Acting Director, National Institute on Joseph Conaty Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment Director, National Institute on the Edward Fuentes Education of At-Risk Students Director, National Institute on Naomi Karp Early Childhood Development and Education Director, National Institute on Deborah Iman Educational Governance, Finance, Policymaking, and Management Director, National Institute on Carole B. LaCampagne 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 Programs Thomas Hehir Director, National Institute on Katherine D. Seelman Disability and Rehabilitation Research Commissioner, Rehabilitation Fredric K. Schroeder Services Administration Associate Commissioner, Tom Finch, Acting Developmental Programs Associate Commissioner, Program Mark Shoob, Acting Operations [[Page 244]] Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Delia Pompa Minority Languages Affairs Deputy Director Phyllis Barajas, Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Gerald N. Tirozzi Education Deputy Assistant Secretaries Judith Johnson James Kohlmoos, Acting Director, Compensatory Education Mary Jean LeTendre Programs Director, Impact Aid Programs Catherine Schagh Director, School Improvement Arthur Cole Programs Director, Office of Indian Education Sandra Spaulding, Acting Director, Office of Migrant Bayla F. White Education Director, Goals 2000 Program Thomas Fagan Director, Safe and Drug-Free Schools William Modzeleski Program Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Patricia W. McNeil Education Deputy Assistant Secretary (vacancy) Director, Adult Education and Ronald S. Pugsley Literacy Division Director, National Programs Division Dennis Berry Director, Vocational-Technical Winifred I. Warnat Education Division Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education David A. Longanecker Deputy Assistant Secretary for Maureen McLaughlin Policy, Planning, and Innovation Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elizabeth M. Hicks Student Financial Assistance Programs Director, Policy, Training, and Nina C. Winkler Analysis Service Director, Accounting and Financial Linda L. Paulsen Management Service Director, Program Systems Service Gerard A. Russomano Director, Institutional Marianne Phelps Participation and Oversight Service Director, Debt Collection Service Thomas J. Petska Deputy Assistant Secretary for Claudio R. Prieto Higher Education Programs Chief Financial Officer Donald Rappaport Deputy Chief Financial Officer Mitchell L. Laine Director, Contracts and Purchasing Glenn Perry Operations Director, Financial Improvement, Hazel Fiers Receivables, and Post Audit Operations Director, Financial Payments and Charlie Coleman Cash Management Operations Director, Financial Reporting and Gloria Jarmon Systems Operations Director, Grants Policy and (vacancy) Oversight Staff ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. [[Page 245]] [[Page 246]] 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. 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. 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. 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. [[Page 247]] 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. 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. 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.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. [[Page 248]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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 [[Page 249]] 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/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. [[Page 250]] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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. [[Page 251]] 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/.