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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202
Phone, 800-USA-LEARN (toll-free). Internet, http://www.ed.gov/.
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION Richard W. Riley
Chief of Staff Leslie Thornton
Director, Office of Public Affairs David Frank
Deputy Secretary Marshall S. Smith,
Acting
Chief of Staff Diane Rogers
Director, Office of Educational Linda Roberts
Technology
Director, Office of Small and Viola J. Sanchez
Disadvantaged Business
Utilization
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Norma V. Cantu
Deputy Assistant Secretaries Arthur Coleman,
Raymond C.
Pierce
Director, Enforcement, East Susan Bowers
Director, Enforcement, West Cathy Lewis
Director, Resource Management Group Lester Slayton, Acting
Director, Program Legal Group Jeanette Lim
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
Inspector General John P. Higgins, Jr.,
Acting
Deputy Inspector General Steven McNamara,
Acting
Assistant Inspector General for Robert G. Seabrooks,
Audit Services Acting
Assistant Inspector General for Gary Mathison, Acting
Investigation Services
Executive Officer, Planning, Robert K. Nagle
Analysis, and Management
Services
General Counsel Judith A. Winston
Deputy General Counsel for Program Steven Y. Winnick
Service
Deputy General Counsel for D. Jean Veta
Postsecondary and
Legislative Service
Deputy General Counsel for Claudia Withers
Departmental and Regulatory
Service
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Judith E. Heumann
Rehabilitative Services
Deputy Assistant Secretary Curtis Richards
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, Program (vacancy)
Operations
Associate Commissioner, (vacancy)
Developmental Programs
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Chief Information Officer (vacancy)
Deputy Chief Information Officer Hazel Fiers
Technology Center Director Joseph Tozzi
Systems Management Liason Group Debra Schweikert
Leader
Information Management Group Leader William Burrow, Acting
Technology Services Group Leader Renaldo Harper
Special Projects Group Leader Steven Corey-Bey
Information Technology Investments Hung Phan
and Capital Planning Group
Leader
Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Scott Fleming
Congressional Affairs
Deputy Assistant Secretary (vacancy)
Director, Legislation Staff Thomas M. Kelley
Director, Congressional Affairs Gayle Tauzin
Staff
Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental and Gilberto Mario Moreno
Interagency Affairs
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Peggy Kerns
Intergovernmental and
Constituent Relations
Director, Intergovernmental and Cheryl Parker-Ross
Interagency Affairs
Coordination
Director, Office of Non-Public Michelle Doyle
Education
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Wilson Goode
Regional and Community
Services
Director, Community Services John McGrath
Chief Financial Officer Thomas Skelly, Acting
Director, Contracts and Purchasing Glenn Perry
Operations
Director, Financial Improvement and Philip Maestri, Acting
Post Audit Operations
Director, Grants Policy and Blanca Rodriguez
Oversight Staff
Director, Financial Management Maureen Harris
Operations
Director, Financial Systems Danny Harris
Operations
Director for Management Willie Gilmore
Deputy Director Mary Ellen Dix
Director, Equal Employment James R. White
Opportunity Group
Director, Family Policy Compliance LeRoy Rooker
Group
Director, Human Resources Group Veronica D. Trietsch
Director, Management Systems Ann Manheimer
Improvement Group
Director, Office of Hearings and Frank J. Furey
Appeals
Director, Labor Relations Group James Keenan
Director, Real Property Group David Hakola
Director, Quality Workplace Group Tony Conques
Director, Training and Development Ingrid Kolb
Group
Director, Work/Life Program Group Ray Van Buskirk
Chief Operating Officer Greg Woods
Director, Policy, Training, and Nina Winkler
Analysis Service
Director, Accounting and Financial Linda Paulsen
Management Service
Director, Guarantor and Lender Larry Oxendine
Oversight Service
Director, Program Systems Service Gerard A. Russomano
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Director, Institutional Jeanne Van Vlandren
Participation and Oversight
Service
Director, Debt Collection Service Thomas Pestka
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education David A. Longanecker
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Maureen McLaughlin
Policy, Planning, and
Innovation
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Claudio R. Prieto
Higher Education Programs
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and C. Kent McGuire
Improvement
Director, National Institute on Joseph Conaty
Student Achievement,
Curriculum, and Assessment
Director, National Institute on the Debra Hollinger
Education of At-Risk Martinez,
Students Acting
Director, National Institute on Naomi Karp
Early Childhood Development
and Education
Director, National Institute on Barbara Lich
Educational Governance,
Finance, Policymaking, and
Management
Director, National Institute on Carole B. LaCampagne
Postsecondary Education,
Libraries, and Lifelong
Learning
Director, Office of Reform Peirce Hammond III
Assistance and Dissemination
Director, National Library of Maura Daly, Acting
Education
Director, Media and Information Cynthia Dorfman
Services
Commissioner, National Center for Pascal D. Forgione,
Education Statistics Jr.
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Gerald N. Tirozzi
Education
Deputy Assistant Secretaries Judith Johnson, James
Kohlmoos
Director, Impact Aid Programs Catherine Schagh
Director, School Improvement Arthur Cole
Programs
Director, Compensatory Education Mary Jean LeTendre
Programs
Director, Goals 2000 Program Patricia Gore, Acting
Director, Office of Migrant Francisco Garcia
Education
Director, Safe and Drug-Free Schools William Modzeleski
Program
Director, Office of Indian Education David Beaulieu
Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Delia Pompa
Minority Languages Affairs
Deputy Director for Administration Arthur Love
Deputy Director (vacancy)
Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Patricia W. McNeil
Education
Deputy Assistant Secretary Christine Kulick,
Acting
Director, Adult Education and Ronald S. Pugsley
Literacy Division
Director, Vocational-Tech Education Ronald Castaldi
Division
Director, National Programs Division Dennis Berry
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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, the Chief Financial Officer, and the Chief
Information 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 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,
disability, 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 to States
and local education entities.
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.
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services The Office of Special
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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 and that impact on the lives of the
Nation's 49 million citizens with disabilities. 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' Rehabilitation Services Administration, among other
efforts, supports State vocational rehabilitation programs that give
disabled people the education, job training, and job placement services
they need to gain meaningful employment. OSERS' National Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research supports research and
technological programs that are crafting blueprints for a barrier-free,
inclusive society.
Student Financial Assistance Programs The Office of Student Financial
Assistance Programs (OSFAP) is headed by the Department's Chief
Operating Officer and is the Federal Government's first performance
based organization. OSFAP directs and coordinates those activities of
the Department of Education which 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 (PLUS); Supplemental
Loans for Students (SLS); Federal Insured Student Loans (FISL);
consolidated loans; Perkins loans; income contingent loans; Pell grants;
College Work-Study Program; Supplemental Educational Opportunities
Grants (SEOG); and State Student Incentive Grants (SSIG).
OSFAP provides leadership and direction for the Department of
Education in meeting its goals of excellence in 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 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.
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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. Internet, http://www.gallaudet.edu/.
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
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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, the University operates a
graduate program at the master's level to prepare teachers and other
professional
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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 them
for college or for postsecondary opportunities other than college; 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 campus of Gallaudet University and is equipped
to serve 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. Internet, http://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 is governed by a 29-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 12 schools and colleges as follows: the college of arts
and sciences; the college of dentistry; the college of engineering,
architecture, and computer sciences; the college of medicine; the
college of pharmacy, nursing, and allied health sciences; the graduate
school of arts and sciences; the school of business; the school of
communications; the school of divinity; the school of education; the
school of law; the school of social work; and a summer school. In
addition, Howard University has research institutes and centers in the
following areas: drug abuse and addiction; science, space, and
technology; African-American resources; cancer; child development;
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computational science and engineering; international affairs; sickle
cell disease; and small business development.
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
20059. Phone, 202-806-0970. Internet, http://www.howard.edu/.
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National
Institute for
Literacy
Suite 730, 1775 T Street NW., Washington, DC 20006
Phone, 202-632-1500
Director Andrew Hartman
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The National Institute for Literacy is an independent Federal
organization that 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.
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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, 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), 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
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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. In academic year 1996-
1997, of those who pursued employment, more than 96 percent have been
placed in jobs. Of those employed, 71 percent work in business and
industry, more than 5 percent in government, and the remaining 24
percent in education and human services.
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.
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, http://
www.ed.gov/.