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The original documents are located in Box 2, folder "Education - FICE Convention" of the Bradley H. Patterson Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Digitized from Box 2 of the Bradley H. Patterson Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library HEALTH. OF DELICATION. DEPART AMERICA AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION U.S.A. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20202 November 30, 1976 Mr. Brad Patterson Assistant to the President on Indian Affairs The White House Room 134 Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Brad: It was very good to meet with you yesterday. I would like to thank you for your support. Enclosed are some additional information which you suggested that I send you. Sincerely, Assistant Planning Officer Sylvia Sylve Wederath Office of Indian Education Enclosures FORD LIBRARY & GERALD FICE NATIONAL CONVOCATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION MARCH 1977 I. Purpose: The purpose of the FICE National Convocation on Native GERALD FORD CIRRARY Americans will be to: A. provide a forum for the Indian community (i.e., Indian tribes, organizations, departments or agencies, and individuals) to present goals and priorities related to education; B. seek suggestions for improvement of Federal administra- tive and regulatory policies affecting Indian education; C. consider legislative, administrative and regulatory changes relating to Indian education; and D. recommend an appropriate role for the Federal Government to play in responding to the education goals and priorities identified by the convocation participants. II. Goals and Objectives A. Seek consensus on general goals and priorities of the "Indian community"; specific recommendations for change in administrative and regulatory policy and legislation ranging from early child- hood to postsecondary and adult education from convocation participants. B. Clarify the programmatic responsibility required for each pertinent Federal agency so that all branches of government will act in con- cert to create a situation by which each local community can best carry out its own education programs. 1. Identify expressed community needs. 2. Identify the Federal agencies and their programs which currently have the responsibility for and the capacity to meet these needs. a. review the extent to which community needs are being met. b. determine the parameters within which Federal agencies are currently able to meet needs. C. Recommend ways by which those Federal agencies which currently do not have the capacity to meet the programmatic needs identified by the community might develop and implement programs through policy and/or legislative changes. - 2 - GERALD III. Pre-Convocation Procedures A. Notify national Indian organizations prior to their Fall, 1976 conferences in order that they may: 1. Develop reports and recommendations for legislative and/or policy changes to be presented at the FICE National Convocation. 2. Request each national Indian organization to recommend one or more key persons who would be invited (by the Assistant Secretary and FICE Chairperson) to participate in the FICE Convocation. B. Identify representatives from the community of researchers, practitioners, students involved in Indian education; and further, designate private individuals involved in Indian education as participants in the Convocation. C. Conduct a legislative needs analysis to develop areas for change and innovation in Indian education. D. Conduct a workshop at the National Indian Education Association Conference (September, 1976), convening education researchers and practitioners to discuss their views on legislative and ad- ministrative or policy changes needed to be made to enhance and improve Indian education. E. Complete FICE report, Indian Education and Federal Responsibility. 1. Distribute to all convocation representatives prior to convocation. (Draft if final not completed and published.) 2. Request comments and suggestions on strategies to implement report's recommendations. IV. Convocation Procedures A. In conjunction with "Goals and Objectives" (II A & B above): 1. Examine the nature of the programs conducted by Federal agencies in terms of: a. legislative and regulatory amendments and reform b. administrative policy 2. Recommend the legislative amendments and administrative policy LIBRARY changes necessary to assure that programs are most effectively administered. B. Recommend approaches to assure monitoring and follow-up on recom- mended actions for Federal agencies including a report on progress available to all convocation participants. V. Convocation Speakers A. Federal agencies (as identified above) will be asked to send one (1) representative each to the Convocation: 1. To speak on his/her agency's intended role in issues involving Indian education; and 2. To lay forth the agency's current capabilities. B. Each national Indian organization (and others as in II above) will be invited to send one (1) delegate to the Convocation: 1. To present the needs of the community; and 2. To deliberate with the Federal representatives in determining legislative, regulatory and policy changes. C. Papers on major issue areas will be commissioned for completion in advance of the Convocation to provide background for Convocation participants. VI. Convocation Format A. The Convocation would be scheduled for approximately three (3) days. B. Day I 1. General Assembly 2. Participants divided into workshops led by a consulting expert to explore the recommended changes resulting from the pre-con- vocation application of the Delphi System. 3. Re-assembly of groups for debate and dissertation on issues evolving from workshops. C. Day IT 1. Participants divided into workshops led by a consulting expert to explore the recommended changes resulting from the pre- convocation application of the Delphi System. - 4 --- 2. Re-assembly of groups for debate and dissertation on issues evolving from workshops refining the areas of concern. 3. Workshop: Develop statements on appropriate Federal agency roles in meeting identified Indian community needs. D. Day III 1. General Assembly a. Recap 2. Divide into workshops: Develop recommendations on new or re- vised approaches Federal agencies should take to meet Indian education needs. a. Substantive recommendation b. Strategic recommendations C. Follow-up Plan and Monitoring Group 3. General Assembly a. Review and discussion of recommendations VIII. Mechanisms for Convocation Development and Execution A. Sole Source B. Convocation funding 1. Contributions by OIE, BIA, ONAP, and other Federal agencies a. By September 1, 1976, identify contributors and dollar amounts. b. Administration of funds for Convocation will be through FICE with direction from Indian Education steering committee members funding Convocation. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Sylvia Wendereth 245-8236 Berms Medical Bill Demont FORD LIBRARY is DERALD HEALTH FROM DEPART DEPARTMENT NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION. AND WELFARE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION USA WASHINGTON, D.C. 20202 September 23, 1976 Dr. Rick St. Germaine President FORD National Indian Education Association Ivy Tower Building LIBRARY 1115 Second Avenue, South Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403 Dear Dr. St. Germaine: The Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE), which I chair, is planning a National Convocation on Indian Education, to be held in March 1977. The purposes of this conference are to: provide a forum for the Indian community (i.e., Indian tribes, organizations, departments or agencies, and individuals) to present goals and priorities related to education; seek suggestions for improvement of Federal adminis- trative and regulatory policies affecting Indian education; consider legislative changes relating to Indian education recommend an appropriate role for the Federal Government to play in responding to the education goals and priorities identified by the conference participants. I have asked Dr. William Demmert, who serves as Chairman of the FICE Subcommittee on Indian Education, to chair the conference. Dr. Demmert was formerly the Office of Education's Deputy Commissioner for Indian Education and is currently Director of Education at the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Representatives of Indian organizations will be invited to participate, as will selected officials from all Federal agencies concerned with Indian education. The size of the Convocation will be small enough to allow thoughtful interchanges of views. Because I know that the National Indian Education Association is meeting in Albuquerque next week, I want you to know of our plans so Page 2 - that you might allocate time at your meeting to consider the issues, goals, and priorities for Indian education which you feel might be appropriate for discussion at the Convocation next March. I would be pleased to receive your recommendations on these matters when your Conference concludes. As plans for the Convocation near completion, I shall contact you again with further details. I look forward to your participation and that of the National Indian Education Association in this important activity. Sincerely, Virginia Y. Trotter Assistant Secretary for Education cc: Dr. Andrew Lawson BERALD FORD & LIBRARY Mr. David Gipp Executive Director American Indian Higher Education Consortium 1626 High Street Denver, Colorado 80218 Dr. Rick St. Germaine President National Indian Education Association Ivy Tower Bldg. 1115 Second Avenue, South Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403 Mr. Douglas Sakiestewa Executive Director National Indian Health Board Brooks Towers Bldg. Room 4-H 1020 15th Street Denver, Colorado 80202 Mr. Thomas W. Fredericks Executive Director Native American Rights Fund 1506 Broadway Boulder, Colorado 80302 FORD LIBRARY is 038470 Mr. Wendell Chino President National Tribal Chairmans' Association 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 207 Washington, D.C. 20006 Mr. Mel Tonasket President National Congress of American Indians 1430 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Mr. Eddie Tullis Acting President Coalition of Eastern Native Americans 1239 G Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 2 - Ms. LaDonna Harris Executive Director Americans for Indian Opportunity Plaza Del Sol Building 600 2nd Street, N.W. Suite 403 Albuquerque, New Mexico Mr. Herschel Sahmaunt Executive Director Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards 811 Lincoln Street Suite 4 Denver, Colorado 80203 COPIES OF LETTER ALSO SENT TO: Dr. Andrew Lawson National Indian Education Association Ivy Tower Building 1115 Second Avenue, South Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403 Mr. Mel Tonasket President National Congress of American Indians 1430 "K" Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Mr. Wendell Chino President National Tribal Chairmans' Association 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 207 Washington, D.C. 20006 Mr. Eddie Tullis Acting President Coalition of Eastern Native Americans 1239 "G" Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 FEDERAL NTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON FICE REPORT. EDUCATION Chairman, Virginia Y. Trotter Volume 3, No. 1 July 1976 Assistant Secretary for Education ANNUAL SUMMARY OF FICE ACTIVITIES BERALD FORD LIBRARY During the last year, the Federal Interagency Committee on Education has dealt with nearly all aspects of education and training. Thirty-two Federal agencies are now members of FICE. In addition to the plenary Committee, ten standing subcommittees, with twelve work groups are active. In all, approximately 250 Federal agency staff persons parti- cipate in FICE activities. A directory listing FICE and subcommittee members is in preparation and will soon be available. This FICE REPORT summarizes recent achievements and ongoing activities. Research, Development, Dissemination and Evaluation One of FICE's newest standing subcommittees, with representation from twenty-five agencies, the Subcommittee on Educational Research, Development, Dissemination and Evaluation is focusing initially on the following: 1. Producing a descriptive summary of Federal education research, development, dissemination and evaluation efforts. (Project is about three-fourths completed; summary report should be available by late summer.) 2. Promoting an interagency effort toward more uniform definitions of educational R&D and a study aimed at providing more accurate and complete data on Federal educational research and development. 3. Studying the problem of protecting human subjects in education research with a view toward recommendations for guiding Federal agency activities. 4. Reviewing Federal agency efforts in curriculum develop- ment and implementation to identify common problems and concerns, and to recommend ways of dealing with them. 2 3 Education and Work Population Education Another new FICE working group, the Subcommittee on Population Education, The FICE Subcommittee on Education and Work has been working toward is preparing a report which will examine the need for population educa- opening up Federal agencies to permit secondary and postsecondary tion in the nation's schools and present recommendations for Federal students to obtain unpaid work experience as volunteers for the agency actions to meet these needs. government. Working closely with the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee, suggestions have been furnished for strengthening proposed legislation to ease restrictions on use of volunteers by Consumer Protection Federal agencies. The proposed legislation would allow Federal agencies to accept the unpaid services of students for short periods. It would The FICE Subcommittee on Consumer Protection has been working toward provide basic protections for both the students and the employing actions to implement recommendations included in its report Toward a experience. agencies and would try to assure the student a meaningful learning Federal Strategy for Protection of the Consumer of Education issued last summer. Since its release the report has been in great demand and has stimulated efforts throughout government to promote consumer pro- The subcommittee is now working on a project to identify and describe tection efforts in education. The Commissioner of Education, for education and work projects which successfully obtained funding from example, established a working task force to coordinate OE activities multiple Federal and non-Federal sources. The emphasis is on identi- in consumer protection. Further implementation steps suggested by the fying creative packaging efforts and the end product sought is a Subcommittee in April 1976 and approved by FICE include: publication which would help those with ideas for useful projects learn how others have obtained funding from more than one source. 1. Establishment of an interagency working group comprised of representatives of the Federal agencies which receive Graduate Education the bulk of educational consumer complaints to analyze and share information on complaints received, suggest FORD VIBRARY ways to improve complaint handling procedures and develop Since publication last June of Federal Policy and Graduate Education, an "early warning" mechanism on potential problem areas. the report prepared by the Subcommittee on Graduate Education, the FICE office has distributed more than 1200 copies on request to officials in 2. Development and dissemination of a pamphlet or brochure graduate schools, government agencies, educational associations, and that would inform students and prospective students of other interested parties. This report, which has received much favorable the specific kinds of information they should seek when attention from the academic community, makes a reasoned plea for consist- choosing an educational institution. ency in Federal support of graduate education. It also calls for development of programs to produce knowledge and manpower relating to national needs. 3. Development and dissemination of improved fact sheets outlining the rights and responsibilities of students applying for and receiving Federal aid such as a As it prepared the report, the Subcommittee was aware that the Federal Federally Insured Student Loan, and/or Veterans Admin- fiscal climate was not conducive to implementation of its recommenda- istration payments to attend a postsecondary institution. tions, but members nonetheless felt it appropriate to document trends and needs in this important area of education. 4. Endorsement of a State-level approach to tuition insur- ance and actions to stimulate State efforts in this With the acceptance and publication of its report, the Subcommittee's plans direction. (A summary of the Subcommittee report call for scaled down activity with occasional meetings to exchange including these recommendations and supporting rationale information and consider the implications of current educational trends for graduate education. will be included in a forthcoming FICE report devoted solely to the recent activities of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection.) 4 5 Disadvantaged and Minorities Black Colleges In line with its longstanding involvement in addressing the needs of FICE staff has completed the fifth and sixth of an annual series of this country's mincrity groups, FICE has initiated a number of projects studies of Federal aid to black colleges which will go to press within under the aegis of its recently reorganized Subcommittee on Education the next month. The National Science Foundation has collected data for the Disadvantaged and Minorities. for the FY 1974 and 1975 studies as part of its annual survey, Federal Funds for Colleges, Universities and Selected Nonprofit Insti- Activities of several of the active work groups of this Subcommittee tutions. include: Racial and Ethnic Definitions Indian Education Work Group In April 1975 FICE endorsed the report of its Ad Hoc Committee on Racial FICE is expected to endorse the report, Indian Education and and Ethnic Definitions, which recommended the following five basic racial Federal Responsibility, whose recommendations include holding, and ethnic categories to be used throughout government for collecting and in March 1977, a national conference at the highest levels of reporting racial and ethnic data: government to work with Indian leaders to establish short and long range Federal goals and priorities for Indian Education. American Indian or Alaskan Native: A person having origins This and other recommendations included in the work group in any of the original peoples of North America. report will be summarized in a separate FICE REPORT to be issued shortly. This Work Group has requested that it be Asian or Pacific Islander: A person having origins in any allowed to continue its efforts as a standing Subcommittee of of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or FICE. the Pacific Islands. This area includes, for example, China, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa. Hispanic Work Group Black/Negro: A person having origins in any of the black The Hispanic Work Group has prepared a work statement for a racial groups of Africa. contract, to be awarded to a minority firm, for a study of BERALDA LIBRARY FORD the Federal role in meeting the higher educational needs of Caucasian/White: A person having origins in any of the Chicanos and Puerto Ricans. Funding for this study will original peoples of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, come from three agencies as well as from FICE. or the Indian subcontinent. Other working groups of the Subcommittee on Education for the Disadvan- Hispanic: A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central taged and Minorities are investigating aspects of a number of Federal or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, programs which target on the needs of the disadvantaged. One is coordi- regardless of race. nating the several Congressionally mandated evaluation studies of Title I in the Elementary and Secondary Act. Another recently reported Although the original purpose of this group was to develop categories for to Congress on the implications of alternative measures of poverty which educational data, committee members recognized that such data must be may be implemented to determine distribution of funds under programs for compatible with those from other government sources to which they would the disadvantaged. be compared. As a result, the categories they recommended have received widespread attention throughout government; for example, they were the Another is identifying criteria against which to measure the effective- basis for the recommendations of the Federal Agency Council on the 1980 ness of selected programs targeted at the disadvantaged, while yet Census concerning the racial and ethnic questions to be included in the another is concerned with gathering available data which can help next decennial Census. In addition, the Office of Management and Budget, identify types of disadvantaged groups. the HEW Office for Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Com- mission, and the General Accounting Office have agreed to use these categories, with slight modification, for one year of collection of civil rights compliance data by observer identification, after which OMB will review and amend them as appropriate. Since the year of use has ended, the FICE Ad Hoc Committee will be providing input to OMB as it reviews the categories. 6 Postsecondary Education Definitions and Classifications 7 One of the oldest FICE subgroups is the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Arts and Humanities Education Definitions and Classifications. This Subcommittee has been working on a revised system for classification of higher education institutions. An adjunct group, the Ad Hoc Work Group on Classification An active exchange of information on agency activities in the arts of Noncollegiate Postsecondary Institutions has completed development of and humanities has occurred over the last year. This Subcommittee is a related system for the noncollegiate sector. Plans call for these two now considering ways to support a proposed project on folk arts and systems to be reviewed with representatives of the postsecondary educa- crafts in the Americas in cooperation with the Organization of tion community, whose comments will be used to refine any problems after American States (OAS). This project would not only display native which general endorsement will be sought. and folk arts and crafts from the various countries of the Americas, but also demonstrate how they are made. Three phases of activity are now in the planning stage: Environmental Education 1. A seminar with policy level leadership from the Fundamental concepts about the environment have been the concern of the member OAS states (to be held in Washington, D.C.). Subcommittee on Environmental Education. This Subcommittee has spent much of the last year developing a paper outlining them. Recently FICE 2. An exposition and demonstration of outstanding convened a small conference of distinguished experts in areas relating crafts (also to be held in Washington, D.C.). to the environment to review and validate the concepts expressed in the 3. An exposition and demonstration of outstanding paper. crafts by OAS member states (site to be determined). As the concepts paper is being revised, a task force of the subcommittee is planning a survey of Federal activities in environmental education. The planning phase for these activities began in June. Analysis of survey results are expected to identify gaps and overlaps, point up areas needing improved coordination, and lead to recommenda- Other FICE Activities tions for program changes or additions. Throughout the rest of calendar 1976, and into 1977, FICE plans to Educational Technology implement the efforts of its Subcommittees and to expand its coordinating role into the area of Federal data policy in education. Almost a year ago, FICE, on the counsel of its Subcommittee on Educational Technology, supported and actively participated in the 2nd National Con- Future areas for review suggested by FICE members or non-Federal groups ference on Open Learning and Nontraditional Study, joining with the include a review of international education, women's problems, ways to University of Mid-America and the Joint Council on Educational Telecom- coordinate Federal agency activities for improving recurring educational munications. Copies of the Conference Proceedings, "Designing Diversity opportunities for our adult population, and education for the handicapped. '75" were distributed to FICE membership. An analysis of the implica- tions of conference papers and discussion for Federal policy and programs was prepared by Bert Cowlan, Consultant. The resulting paper, "Some Observations on Open Learning and Nontraditional Education," is available Bernard Michael from the FICE office. Executive Director Federal Interagency Committee The Subcommittee participated again this year, organizing a session for on Education the 1976 Conference held in Lincoln, Nebraska, June 15-17. 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 3021 Washington, D.C. 20202 Additional activities in which the Subcommittee is currently engaged (202) 245-8220 include an examination of the Federal role in educational technology, teacher training in use of technology, the isolated learner problem, the implications of a national library network, the use of satellites for education, and the impact of TV and other technologies on education. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION Chairperson: Virginia Y. Trotter Assistant Secretary for Education, HEW Subcommittees Consumer Protection in Education Education and Work Chairperson: John Proffitt Chairperson: William Pierce Acting Director, Division of Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Eligibility and Agency Evaluation Occupational and Adult Education Office of Education Office of Education Education and the Arts and Humanities Environmental Education Chairperson: Harold Arberg Chairperson: Beatrice Willard Director, Arts and Humanities Staff Member, Council on Environmental Office of Education Quality Education for the Disadvantaged Graduate Education and Minorities Chairperson: Frank Hansing Chairperson: Robert Hanrahan Director, Office of University Deputy Assistant Secretary for Affairs, NASA Education, HEW Population Education Educational Research, Development, Dissemination and Evaluation Chairperson: Louis Hellman Deputy Assistant Secretary for Chairperson: Harold Hodgkinson, Population Affairs, HEW Director, National Institute of Education Postsecondary Education Definitions and Classifications Educational Technology Chairperson: Theodore Drews Chairperson: Robert Hilliard Chief, Higher Education Surveys Chief, Educational Broadcasting Branch, National Center for Federal Communications Commission Education Statistics, HEW Briefing : Mr. Brad Patterson Assistant to the President on Indian Affairs Monday, November 29, 1976 @ 3:00 p.m. Subject : FICE National Convocation on American Indian Education When : March 3-7, 1977 Where : Washington, D.C. Participants : 1. Representatives of the American Indian community of the following categories: National Indian Organizations Researchers 100 Practitioners Students Private Persons 2. Representatives of such Federal agencies as: a. HUD b. DOL C. Agriculture d. BIA FORD LIBRARY is 036870 e. ONAP, OPBE, OIE, OCR OMB Purpose : The purpose of the FICE National Convocation on Native Americans will be to: - provide a forum for the Indian community, (i.e., Indian tribes, organizations, de- partments or agencies, and individuals) to present goals and priorities related to education; - seek suggestions for improvement of Federal administrative and regulatory policies affecting Indian education; - consider legislative, administratíve and regulatory changes relating to Indian education; and - recommend an appropriate role for the Federal - 2 - government to play in responding to the ed- ucation goals and priorities identified by the convocation participants. Goals and Objectives : Within the overall purposes, the goals and objectives follow: - seek consensus on general goals and priorities of the Indian community; specific recommendations for change in administrative and regulatory policy and legislation ranging from early childhood to post-secondary and adult education from convocation participants; - clarify the programmatic responsibility re- quired for each pertinent federal agency so that all branches of government will act in concert to create a situation by which each local community can best carry out its own education programs; - identify expressed community needs; - identify the Federal agencies and their pro- grams which currently have the responsibility for and the capacity to meet these needs 1. review the extent to which community needs are being met 2. determine the parameters within which Federal agencies are currently able to meet needs - recommend ways by which those Federal agencies which currently do not have the capacity to meet the programmatic needs identified by the community might develop and implement programs through policy and/or legislative changes. Process : 1. Conduct legislative needs assessment 2. Seek published report 3. Request actions from HEW/Interior 4. Establish linkages between Federal agencies and independent groups 3 - Pre-convocation and : Work with those Indian representatives de- Convocation Procedures signated from the categories of: Researchers, Practitioners, National Organizations, Private Person and Student. Federal workshop for Federal leadership Convocation Format : 1. Presentation of results of legislative needs assessment; 2. Convocation participants divided into workgroups led by consultants to debate and restructure legislative, regulatory and administrative issues; 3. Achieve consensus on issues to be re- commended for change; and 4. Establish mechanisms to oversee follow- through. Post Convocation : 1. Legislative Writer/Editor to produce final recommendations based on convocation proceedings and reports; 2. Proposals for changes placed through to Congress via Offices of Legislation, HEW, and Interior. AIPRC EFFORT VS. FICE EFFORT AIPRC FICE CONVOCATION 1. Mandated by Congress under P.L. 1. Mandated by Congress under P.L. 93-580 "to make a comprehensive 93-638. Legislative assessment investigation and study of and recommendations required Indian affairs " (Section 2) specifically of BIA and 203 (1) 2. Is a congressional activity, 2. Is an Administrative activity conducted by a Congressional which will include not only OE Commission. and BIA, but a large portion of - the rest of the Administrative board. It is being conducted by the Federal branch itself, cooperatively. 3. Recommendations for the en- 3. Recommendations for change in actment of legislation "shall policy, regulation and legis- be referred by the President of lation shall be made to the BIA's the Senate or the Speaker of Office of Legislation and to the House of Representatives to OE's. the appropriate standing commit- tee of the Senate and House of FORD Representatives, respectively, and such committees shall make a report thereon to the respec- LIBRARY tive house within 2 years of such referral." (Section 5b) 4. The AIPRC report will be used in conduct of this activity. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION Virginia Y. Trotter, Chairperson Assistant Secretary for Education Department of Health, Education, and Welfare U.S. MAIL FICE Members *Commissioner of Education *Director, National Institute of Education Department of State Department of Defense Department of Agriculture "Department of Labor National Science Foundation POSTAGE AND FEES PAID u.s. DEPARTMENT of NEW HEW 385 "Energy Research and Development Administration *National Aeronautics and Space Federal Administration ACTION Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Interagency Civil Service Commission Community Services Administration Committee on Department of Commerce Department of Housing & Urban Education Development Department of the Interior Department of Justice Environmental Protection Agency National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities National Institutes of Health Office of Child Development Social and Rehabilitation Service Veterans Administration Observers *Office of Management and Budget *Council of Economic Advisors Council on Environmental Quality U.S. DEPARTMENT OF National Academy of Sciences Smithsonian Institution HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION WASHINGTON. D.C. 20202 GERALD R. R. LIBRARY FORD OFFICIAL BUSINESS Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Bernard Michael Executive Director - - 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20202 FICE *Agencies named in Executive Order 11761 CHO WHY FICE WAS ESTABLISHED Subcommittees and other working Keeping each other informed in groups are appointed as needed by order to achieve coordinated The Federal Interagency Committee the FICE Chairperson to focus on planning and prevent unneces- on Education (FICE) was established particular areas of interest and con- sary duplication of activities; by presidential executive order in cern and provide reports and recom- 1964 to facilitate coordination of mendations to the Committee. - Providing information requested education activities of Federal agen- by the HEW Secretary and the cies, Its mandate was updated and A FICE staff, headed by an Execu- Assistant Secretary for Education reaffirmed by Executive Order 11761 tive Director and attached to the Of in conducting studies and analyses of January 17, 1974, fice of the Assistant Secretary for necessary for meeting responsibili- Education, provides administrative ties and duties under the Executive and other support for the Committee. Order, The FICE staff also works closely with subcommittees and working WHAT FICE DOES groups. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FICE advises the HEW Secretary and Assistant Secretary for Education on GRADUATE EDUCATION POSTSLCONDARY The Assistant Secretary for Educa their responsibilities under Executive EDUCATION AND WORK EQUICATIONAL tion is responsible for: Order 11761. Under the Order, the AND EDUCATIONAL HEW Secretary, with the assistance TECHNOLOGY - Studying the effects of Federal of the Assistant Secretary for Educa- FEDERAL MINDRITY activities on State, local, and pri- EDUCATION tion, identifies the Nation's educa- ARTS AND INTERAGENCY vate educational Institutions: HUMANITIES tional needs and goals and recom COMMITTEE INVERONMENTAL ON EDUCATION EDUCATION mends to the President, policies pro- EDUCATIONAL - Developing recommendations for CONSUMER moting the progress of education PROTECTION Federal educational activities TRANSFER OF CREDITS INHIGHTER TRUCATION and for coordinating such activi- EDUCATIONAL ties; STATISTICS READING ANILITERACY - Assessing trends in Federal educa tion activities; HOW FICE OPERATES AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES Resolving differences of opinion Representatives from the 30 FICE on Federal administrative practices member agencies meet once a month Through participation in FICE, affecting educational institutions; to exchange information, resolve Federal agencies meet responsibilities common problems, reinforce each assigned to them by Section 3 of the - Making appropriate arrangements other's activities, receive briefings on Executive Order. These are: for obtaining advice and informa- major issues, review reports and rec- tion on educational matters ommendations of Subcommittees, - Making sure their programs con- through establishment of ad hoc and develop a coherent approach to form to national educational goals working groups or existing inter- Federal education programs, Where and policies, as identified by the agency groups; appropriate, advice and recommen- HEW Secretary, and that adminis- dations are transmitted to the trative policies and practices are Exercising initiative in obtaining Secretary of HEW and to the heads consistent with those of other data permitting an overview of of agencies for implementation. Federal agencies; Federal educational activities,

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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 2, folder \"Education - FICE Convention\" of the\nBradley H. Patterson Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 2 of the Bradley H. Patterson Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nHEALTH.\nOF\nDELICATION.\nDEPART AMERICA AND\nDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE\nOFFICE OF EDUCATION\nU.S.A.\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20202\nNovember 30, 1976\nMr. Brad Patterson\nAssistant to the President\non Indian Affairs\nThe White House\nRoom 134\nWashington, D.C. 20500\nDear Brad:\nIt was very good to meet with you yesterday. I would like to\nthank you for your support.\nEnclosed are some additional information which you suggested\nthat I send you.\nSincerely,\nAssistant Planning Officer\nSylvia Sylve Wederath\nOffice of Indian Education\nEnclosures\nFORD LIBRARY & GERALD\nFICE NATIONAL CONVOCATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION\nMARCH 1977\nI. Purpose: The purpose of the FICE National Convocation on Native\nGERALD FORD CIRRARY\nAmericans will be to:\nA. provide a forum for the Indian community (i.e., Indian\ntribes, organizations, departments or agencies, and\nindividuals) to present goals and priorities related\nto education;\nB. seek suggestions for improvement of Federal administra-\ntive and regulatory policies affecting Indian education;\nC. consider legislative, administrative and regulatory\nchanges relating to Indian education; and\nD. recommend an appropriate role for the Federal Government\nto play in responding to the education goals and\npriorities identified by the convocation participants.\nII. Goals and Objectives\nA. Seek consensus on general goals and priorities of the \"Indian\ncommunity\"; specific recommendations for change in administrative\nand regulatory policy and legislation ranging from early child-\nhood to postsecondary and adult education from convocation\nparticipants.\nB. Clarify the programmatic responsibility required for each pertinent\nFederal agency so that all branches of government will act in con-\ncert to create a situation by which each local community can best\ncarry out its own education programs.\n1. Identify expressed community needs.\n2. Identify the Federal agencies and their programs which currently\nhave the responsibility for and the capacity to meet these needs.\na. review the extent to which community needs are being met.\nb. determine the parameters within which Federal agencies are\ncurrently able to meet needs.\nC. Recommend ways by which those Federal agencies which currently do not\nhave the capacity to meet the programmatic needs identified by the\ncommunity might develop and implement programs through policy and/or\nlegislative changes.\n- 2 -\nGERALD\nIII. Pre-Convocation Procedures\nA. Notify national Indian organizations prior to their Fall, 1976\nconferences in order that they may:\n1. Develop reports and recommendations for legislative and/or\npolicy changes to be presented at the FICE National\nConvocation.\n2. Request each national Indian organization to recommend one\nor more key persons who would be invited (by the Assistant\nSecretary and FICE Chairperson) to participate in the FICE\nConvocation.\nB. Identify representatives from the community of researchers,\npractitioners, students involved in Indian education; and further,\ndesignate private individuals involved in Indian education as\nparticipants in the Convocation.\nC. Conduct a legislative needs analysis to develop areas for change\nand innovation in Indian education.\nD. Conduct a workshop at the National Indian Education Association\nConference (September, 1976), convening education researchers\nand practitioners to discuss their views on legislative and ad-\nministrative or policy changes needed to be made to enhance and\nimprove Indian education.\nE. Complete FICE report, Indian Education and Federal Responsibility.\n1. Distribute to all convocation representatives prior to\nconvocation. (Draft if final not completed and published.)\n2. Request comments and suggestions on strategies to implement\nreport's recommendations.\nIV. Convocation Procedures\nA. In conjunction with \"Goals and Objectives\" (II A & B above):\n1. Examine the nature of the programs conducted by Federal agencies\nin terms of:\na. legislative and regulatory amendments and reform\nb. administrative policy\n2. Recommend the legislative amendments and administrative policy\nLIBRARY\nchanges necessary to assure that programs are most effectively\nadministered.\nB. Recommend approaches to assure monitoring and follow-up on recom-\nmended actions for Federal agencies including a report on progress\navailable to all convocation participants.\nV. Convocation Speakers\nA. Federal agencies (as identified above) will be asked to send one (1)\nrepresentative each to the Convocation:\n1. To speak on his/her agency's intended role in issues involving\nIndian education; and\n2. To lay forth the agency's current capabilities.\nB. Each national Indian organization (and others as in II above) will\nbe invited to send one (1) delegate to the Convocation:\n1. To present the needs of the community; and\n2. To deliberate with the Federal representatives in determining\nlegislative, regulatory and policy changes.\nC. Papers on major issue areas will be commissioned for completion in\nadvance of the Convocation to provide background for Convocation\nparticipants.\nVI. Convocation Format\nA. The Convocation would be scheduled for approximately three (3) days.\nB. Day I\n1. General Assembly\n2. Participants divided into workshops led by a consulting expert\nto explore the recommended changes resulting from the pre-con-\nvocation application of the Delphi System.\n3. Re-assembly of groups for debate and dissertation on issues\nevolving from workshops.\nC. Day IT\n1. Participants divided into workshops led by a consulting expert\nto explore the recommended changes resulting from the pre-\nconvocation application of the Delphi System.\n- 4 ---\n2. Re-assembly of groups for debate and dissertation on issues\nevolving from workshops refining the areas of concern.\n3. Workshop: Develop statements on appropriate Federal agency\nroles in meeting identified Indian community needs.\nD. Day III\n1. General Assembly\na. Recap\n2. Divide into workshops: Develop recommendations on new or re-\nvised approaches Federal agencies should take to meet Indian\neducation needs.\na. Substantive recommendation\nb. Strategic recommendations\nC. Follow-up Plan and Monitoring Group\n3. General Assembly\na. Review and discussion of recommendations\nVIII. Mechanisms for Convocation Development and Execution\nA. Sole Source\nB. Convocation funding\n1. Contributions by OIE, BIA, ONAP, and other Federal agencies\na. By September 1, 1976, identify contributors and dollar\namounts.\nb. Administration of funds for Convocation will be through\nFICE with direction from Indian Education steering committee\nmembers funding Convocation.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSylvia Wendereth\n245-8236\nBerms Medical\nBill Demont\nFORD LIBRARY is DERALD\nHEALTH\nFROM\nDEPART DEPARTMENT NOTICE\nDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION. AND WELFARE\nOFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION\nUSA\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20202\nSeptember 23, 1976\nDr. Rick St. Germaine\nPresident\nFORD\nNational Indian Education\nAssociation\nIvy Tower Building\nLIBRARY\n1115 Second Avenue, South\nMinneapolis, Minnesota 55403\nDear Dr. St. Germaine:\nThe Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE), which I\nchair, is planning a National Convocation on Indian Education,\nto be held in March 1977. The purposes of this conference are to:\nprovide a forum for the Indian community (i.e., Indian\ntribes, organizations, departments or agencies, and\nindividuals) to present goals and priorities related\nto education;\nseek suggestions for improvement of Federal adminis-\ntrative and regulatory policies affecting Indian education;\nconsider legislative changes relating to Indian education\nrecommend an appropriate role for the Federal Government\nto play in responding to the education goals and priorities\nidentified by the conference participants.\nI have asked Dr. William Demmert, who serves as Chairman of the FICE\nSubcommittee on Indian Education, to chair the conference.\nDr. Demmert was formerly the Office of Education's Deputy Commissioner\nfor Indian Education and is currently Director of Education at the\nBureau of Indian Affairs. Representatives of Indian organizations\nwill be invited to participate, as will selected officials from all\nFederal agencies concerned with Indian education. The size of the\nConvocation will be small enough to allow thoughtful interchanges of\nviews.\nBecause I know that the National Indian Education Association is\nmeeting in Albuquerque next week, I want you to know of our plans so\nPage 2 -\nthat you might allocate time at your meeting to consider the issues,\ngoals, and priorities for Indian education which you feel might be\nappropriate for discussion at the Convocation next March. I would be\npleased to receive your recommendations on these matters when\nyour Conference concludes.\nAs plans for the Convocation near completion, I shall contact you\nagain with further details. I look forward to your participation\nand that of the National Indian Education Association in this\nimportant activity.\nSincerely,\nVirginia Y. Trotter\nAssistant Secretary\nfor Education\ncc: Dr. Andrew Lawson\nBERALD\nFORD & LIBRARY\nMr. David Gipp\nExecutive Director\nAmerican Indian Higher Education Consortium\n1626 High Street\nDenver, Colorado 80218\nDr. Rick St. Germaine\nPresident\nNational Indian Education Association\nIvy Tower Bldg.\n1115 Second Avenue, South\nMinneapolis, Minnesota 55403\nMr. Douglas Sakiestewa\nExecutive Director\nNational Indian Health Board\nBrooks Towers Bldg.\nRoom 4-H\n1020 15th Street\nDenver, Colorado 80202\nMr. Thomas W. Fredericks\nExecutive Director\nNative American Rights Fund\n1506 Broadway\nBoulder, Colorado 80302\nFORD LIBRARY is 038470\nMr. Wendell Chino\nPresident\nNational Tribal Chairmans' Association\n1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.\nSuite 207\nWashington, D.C. 20006\nMr. Mel Tonasket\nPresident\nNational Congress of American Indians\n1430 K Street, N.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20005\nMr. Eddie Tullis\nActing President\nCoalition of Eastern Native Americans\n1239 G Street N.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20005\n2 -\nMs. LaDonna Harris\nExecutive Director\nAmericans for Indian Opportunity\nPlaza Del Sol Building\n600 2nd Street, N.W.\nSuite 403\nAlbuquerque, New Mexico\nMr. Herschel Sahmaunt\nExecutive Director\nCoalition of Indian Controlled School Boards\n811 Lincoln Street\nSuite 4\nDenver, Colorado 80203\nCOPIES OF LETTER ALSO SENT TO:\nDr. Andrew Lawson\nNational Indian Education Association\nIvy Tower Building\n1115 Second Avenue, South\nMinneapolis, Minnesota 55403\nMr. Mel Tonasket\nPresident\nNational Congress of American Indians\n1430 \"K\" Street, N.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20005\nMr. Wendell Chino\nPresident\nNational Tribal Chairmans' Association\n1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.\nSuite 207\nWashington, D.C. 20006\nMr. Eddie Tullis\nActing President\nCoalition of Eastern Native Americans\n1239 \"G\" Street, N.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20005\nFEDERAL\nNTERAGENCY\nCOMMITTEE ON\nFICE REPORT.\nEDUCATION\nChairman, Virginia Y. Trotter\nVolume 3, No. 1 July 1976\nAssistant Secretary for Education\nANNUAL SUMMARY OF FICE ACTIVITIES\nBERALD FORD LIBRARY\nDuring the last year, the Federal Interagency Committee on Education\nhas dealt with nearly all aspects of education and training. Thirty-two\nFederal agencies are now members of FICE. In addition to the plenary\nCommittee, ten standing subcommittees, with twelve work groups are\nactive. In all, approximately 250 Federal agency staff persons parti-\ncipate in FICE activities. A directory listing FICE and subcommittee\nmembers is in preparation and will soon be available. This FICE\nREPORT summarizes recent achievements and ongoing activities.\nResearch, Development, Dissemination and Evaluation\nOne of FICE's newest standing subcommittees, with representation from\ntwenty-five agencies, the Subcommittee on Educational Research,\nDevelopment, Dissemination and Evaluation is focusing initially on the\nfollowing:\n1. Producing a descriptive summary of Federal education\nresearch, development, dissemination and evaluation\nefforts. (Project is about three-fourths completed;\nsummary report should be available by late summer.)\n2. Promoting an interagency effort toward more uniform\ndefinitions of educational R&D and a study aimed at\nproviding more accurate and complete data on Federal\neducational research and development.\n3. Studying the problem of protecting human subjects in\neducation research with a view toward recommendations\nfor guiding Federal agency activities.\n4. Reviewing Federal agency efforts in curriculum develop-\nment and implementation to identify common problems and\nconcerns, and to recommend ways of dealing with them.\n2\n3\nEducation and Work\nPopulation Education\nAnother new FICE working group, the Subcommittee on Population Education,\nThe FICE Subcommittee on Education and Work has been working toward\nis preparing a report which will examine the need for population educa-\nopening up Federal agencies to permit secondary and postsecondary\ntion in the nation's schools and present recommendations for Federal\nstudents to obtain unpaid work experience as volunteers for the\nagency actions to meet these needs.\ngovernment. Working closely with the House Post Office and Civil\nService Committee, suggestions have been furnished for strengthening\nproposed legislation to ease restrictions on use of volunteers by\nConsumer Protection\nFederal agencies. The proposed legislation would allow Federal agencies\nto accept the unpaid services of students for short periods. It would\nThe FICE Subcommittee on Consumer Protection has been working toward\nprovide basic protections for both the students and the employing\nactions to implement recommendations included in its report Toward a\nexperience. agencies and would try to assure the student a meaningful learning\nFederal Strategy for Protection of the Consumer of Education issued\nlast summer. Since its release the report has been in great demand and\nhas stimulated efforts throughout government to promote consumer pro-\nThe subcommittee is now working on a project to identify and describe\ntection efforts in education. The Commissioner of Education, for\neducation and work projects which successfully obtained funding from\nexample, established a working task force to coordinate OE activities\nmultiple Federal and non-Federal sources. The emphasis is on identi-\nin consumer protection. Further implementation steps suggested by the\nfying creative packaging efforts and the end product sought is a\nSubcommittee in April 1976 and approved by FICE include:\npublication which would help those with ideas for useful projects learn\nhow others have obtained funding from more than one source.\n1. Establishment of an interagency working group comprised\nof representatives of the Federal agencies which receive\nGraduate Education\nthe bulk of educational consumer complaints to analyze\nand share information on complaints received, suggest\nFORD VIBRARY\nways to improve complaint handling procedures and develop\nSince publication last June of Federal Policy and Graduate Education,\nan \"early warning\" mechanism on potential problem areas.\nthe report prepared by the Subcommittee on Graduate Education, the FICE\noffice has distributed more than 1200 copies on request to officials in\n2. Development and dissemination of a pamphlet or brochure\ngraduate schools, government agencies, educational associations, and\nthat would inform students and prospective students of\nother interested parties. This report, which has received much favorable\nthe specific kinds of information they should seek when\nattention from the academic community, makes a reasoned plea for consist-\nchoosing an educational institution.\nency in Federal support of graduate education. It also calls for\ndevelopment of programs to produce knowledge and manpower relating to\nnational needs.\n3. Development and dissemination of improved fact sheets\noutlining the rights and responsibilities of students\napplying for and receiving Federal aid such as a\nAs it prepared the report, the Subcommittee was aware that the Federal\nFederally Insured Student Loan, and/or Veterans Admin-\nfiscal climate was not conducive to implementation of its recommenda-\nistration payments to attend a postsecondary institution.\ntions, but members nonetheless felt it appropriate to document trends\nand needs in this important area of education.\n4. Endorsement of a State-level approach to tuition insur-\nance and actions to stimulate State efforts in this\nWith the acceptance and publication of its report, the Subcommittee's plans\ndirection. (A summary of the Subcommittee report\ncall for scaled down activity with occasional meetings to exchange\nincluding these recommendations and supporting rationale\ninformation and consider the implications of current educational trends\nfor graduate education.\nwill be included in a forthcoming FICE report devoted\nsolely to the recent activities of the Subcommittee on\nConsumer Protection.)\n4\n5\nDisadvantaged and Minorities\nBlack Colleges\nIn line with its longstanding involvement in addressing the needs of\nFICE staff has completed the fifth and sixth of an annual series of\nthis country's mincrity groups, FICE has initiated a number of projects\nstudies of Federal aid to black colleges which will go to press within\nunder the aegis of its recently reorganized Subcommittee on Education\nthe next month. The National Science Foundation has collected data\nfor the Disadvantaged and Minorities.\nfor the FY 1974 and 1975 studies as part of its annual survey,\nFederal Funds for Colleges, Universities and Selected Nonprofit Insti-\nActivities of several of the active work groups of this Subcommittee\ntutions.\ninclude:\nRacial and Ethnic Definitions\nIndian Education Work Group\nIn April 1975 FICE endorsed the report of its Ad Hoc Committee on Racial\nFICE is expected to endorse the report, Indian Education and\nand Ethnic Definitions, which recommended the following five basic racial\nFederal Responsibility, whose recommendations include holding,\nand ethnic categories to be used throughout government for collecting and\nin March 1977, a national conference at the highest levels of\nreporting racial and ethnic data:\ngovernment to work with Indian leaders to establish short and\nlong range Federal goals and priorities for Indian Education.\nAmerican Indian or Alaskan Native: A person having origins\nThis and other recommendations included in the work group\nin any of the original peoples of North America.\nreport will be summarized in a separate FICE REPORT to be\nissued shortly. This Work Group has requested that it be\nAsian or Pacific Islander: A person having origins in any\nallowed to continue its efforts as a standing Subcommittee of\nof the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or\nFICE.\nthe Pacific Islands. This area includes, for example, China,\nJapan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa.\nHispanic Work Group\nBlack/Negro: A person having origins in any of the black\nThe Hispanic Work Group has prepared a work statement for a\nracial groups of Africa.\ncontract, to be awarded to a minority firm, for a study of\nBERALDA LIBRARY FORD\nthe Federal role in meeting the higher educational needs of\nCaucasian/White: A person having origins in any of the\nChicanos and Puerto Ricans. Funding for this study will\noriginal peoples of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East,\ncome from three agencies as well as from FICE.\nor the Indian subcontinent.\nOther working groups of the Subcommittee on Education for the Disadvan-\nHispanic: A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central\ntaged and Minorities are investigating aspects of a number of Federal\nor South American, or other Spanish culture or origin,\nprograms which target on the needs of the disadvantaged. One is coordi-\nregardless of race.\nnating the several Congressionally mandated evaluation studies of\nTitle I in the Elementary and Secondary Act. Another recently reported\nAlthough the original purpose of this group was to develop categories for\nto Congress on the implications of alternative measures of poverty which\neducational data, committee members recognized that such data must be\nmay be implemented to determine distribution of funds under programs for\ncompatible with those from other government sources to which they would\nthe disadvantaged.\nbe compared. As a result, the categories they recommended have received\nwidespread attention throughout government; for example, they were the\nAnother is identifying criteria against which to measure the effective-\nbasis for the recommendations of the Federal Agency Council on the 1980\nness of selected programs targeted at the disadvantaged, while yet\nCensus concerning the racial and ethnic questions to be included in the\nanother is concerned with gathering available data which can help\nnext decennial Census. In addition, the Office of Management and Budget,\nidentify types of disadvantaged groups.\nthe HEW Office for Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Com-\nmission, and the General Accounting Office have agreed to use these\ncategories, with slight modification, for one year of collection of civil\nrights compliance data by observer identification, after which OMB will\nreview and amend them as appropriate. Since the year of use has ended,\nthe FICE Ad Hoc Committee will be providing input to OMB as it reviews\nthe categories.\n6\nPostsecondary Education Definitions and Classifications\n7\nOne of the oldest FICE subgroups is the Subcommittee on Postsecondary\nArts and Humanities\nEducation Definitions and Classifications. This Subcommittee has\nbeen working on a revised system for classification of higher education\ninstitutions. An adjunct group, the Ad Hoc Work Group on Classification\nAn active exchange of information on agency activities in the arts\nof Noncollegiate Postsecondary Institutions has completed development of\nand humanities has occurred over the last year. This Subcommittee is\na related system for the noncollegiate sector. Plans call for these two\nnow considering ways to support a proposed project on folk arts and\nsystems to be reviewed with representatives of the postsecondary educa-\ncrafts in the Americas in cooperation with the Organization of\ntion community, whose comments will be used to refine any problems after\nAmerican States (OAS). This project would not only display native\nwhich general endorsement will be sought.\nand folk arts and crafts from the various countries of the Americas,\nbut also demonstrate how they are made. Three phases of activity\nare now in the planning stage:\nEnvironmental Education\n1. A seminar with policy level leadership from the\nFundamental concepts about the environment have been the concern of the\nmember OAS states (to be held in Washington, D.C.).\nSubcommittee on Environmental Education. This Subcommittee has spent\nmuch of the last year developing a paper outlining them. Recently FICE\n2. An exposition and demonstration of outstanding\nconvened a small conference of distinguished experts in areas relating\ncrafts (also to be held in Washington, D.C.).\nto the environment to review and validate the concepts expressed in the\n3. An exposition and demonstration of outstanding\npaper.\ncrafts by OAS member states (site to be determined).\nAs the concepts paper is being revised, a task force of the subcommittee\nis planning a survey of Federal activities in environmental education.\nThe planning phase for these activities began in June.\nAnalysis of survey results are expected to identify gaps and overlaps,\npoint up areas needing improved coordination, and lead to recommenda-\nOther FICE Activities\ntions for program changes or additions.\nThroughout the rest of calendar 1976, and into 1977, FICE plans to\nEducational Technology\nimplement the efforts of its Subcommittees and to expand its coordinating\nrole into the area of Federal data policy in education.\nAlmost a year ago, FICE, on the counsel of its Subcommittee on Educational\nTechnology, supported and actively participated in the 2nd National Con-\nFuture areas for review suggested by FICE members or non-Federal groups\nference on Open Learning and Nontraditional Study, joining with the\ninclude a review of international education, women's problems, ways to\nUniversity of Mid-America and the Joint Council on Educational Telecom-\ncoordinate Federal agency activities for improving recurring educational\nmunications. Copies of the Conference Proceedings, \"Designing Diversity\nopportunities for our adult population, and education for the handicapped.\n'75\" were distributed to FICE membership. An analysis of the implica-\ntions of conference papers and discussion for Federal policy and programs\nwas prepared by Bert Cowlan, Consultant. The resulting paper, \"Some\nObservations on Open Learning and Nontraditional Education,\" is available\nBernard Michael\nfrom the FICE office.\nExecutive Director\nFederal Interagency Committee\nThe Subcommittee participated again this year, organizing a session for\non Education\nthe 1976 Conference held in Lincoln, Nebraska, June 15-17.\n400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 3021\nWashington, D.C. 20202\nAdditional activities in which the Subcommittee is currently engaged\n(202) 245-8220\ninclude an examination of the Federal role in educational technology,\nteacher training in use of technology, the isolated learner problem, the\nimplications of a national library network, the use of satellites for\neducation, and the impact of TV and other technologies on education.\nFEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION\nChairperson: Virginia Y. Trotter\nAssistant Secretary for Education, HEW\nSubcommittees\nConsumer Protection in Education\nEducation and Work\nChairperson: John Proffitt\nChairperson: William Pierce\nActing Director, Division of\nDeputy Commissioner, Bureau of\nEligibility and Agency Evaluation\nOccupational and Adult Education\nOffice of Education\nOffice of Education\nEducation and the Arts and Humanities\nEnvironmental Education\nChairperson: Harold Arberg\nChairperson: Beatrice Willard\nDirector, Arts and Humanities Staff\nMember, Council on Environmental\nOffice of Education\nQuality\nEducation for the Disadvantaged\nGraduate Education\nand Minorities\nChairperson: Frank Hansing\nChairperson: Robert Hanrahan\nDirector, Office of University\nDeputy Assistant Secretary for\nAffairs, NASA\nEducation, HEW\nPopulation Education\nEducational Research, Development,\nDissemination and Evaluation\nChairperson: Louis Hellman\nDeputy Assistant Secretary for\nChairperson: Harold Hodgkinson,\nPopulation Affairs, HEW\nDirector, National Institute of\nEducation\nPostsecondary Education Definitions\nand Classifications\nEducational Technology\nChairperson: Theodore Drews\nChairperson: Robert Hilliard\nChief, Higher Education Surveys\nChief, Educational Broadcasting\nBranch, National Center for\nFederal Communications Commission\nEducation Statistics, HEW\nBriefing\n: Mr. Brad Patterson\nAssistant to the President\non Indian Affairs\nMonday, November 29, 1976 @ 3:00 p.m.\nSubject\n: FICE National Convocation on American Indian\nEducation\nWhen\n: March 3-7, 1977\nWhere\n: Washington, D.C.\nParticipants\n: 1. Representatives of the American Indian\ncommunity of the following categories:\nNational Indian Organizations\nResearchers\n100\nPractitioners\nStudents\nPrivate Persons\n2. Representatives of such Federal agencies\nas:\na. HUD\nb. DOL\nC. Agriculture\nd. BIA\nFORD LIBRARY is 036870\ne. ONAP, OPBE, OIE, OCR\nOMB\nPurpose\n: The purpose of the FICE National Convocation\non Native Americans will be to:\n- provide a forum for the Indian community,\n(i.e., Indian tribes, organizations, de-\npartments or agencies, and individuals) to\npresent goals and priorities related to\neducation;\n- seek suggestions for improvement of Federal\nadministrative and regulatory policies\naffecting Indian education;\n- consider legislative, administratíve and\nregulatory changes relating to Indian\neducation; and\n- recommend an appropriate role for the Federal\n- 2 -\ngovernment to play in responding to the ed-\nucation goals and priorities identified by\nthe convocation participants.\nGoals and Objectives\n: Within the overall purposes, the goals and\nobjectives follow:\n- seek consensus on general goals and\npriorities of the Indian community; specific\nrecommendations for change in administrative\nand regulatory policy and legislation ranging\nfrom early childhood to post-secondary and\nadult education from convocation participants;\n- clarify the programmatic responsibility re-\nquired for each pertinent federal agency so\nthat all branches of government will act in\nconcert to create a situation by which each\nlocal community can best carry out its own\neducation programs;\n- identify expressed community needs;\n- identify the Federal agencies and their pro-\ngrams which currently have the responsibility\nfor and the capacity to meet these needs\n1. review the extent to which community needs\nare being met\n2. determine the parameters within which\nFederal agencies are currently able to\nmeet needs\n- recommend ways by which those Federal agencies\nwhich currently do not have the capacity to\nmeet the programmatic needs identified by the\ncommunity might develop and implement programs\nthrough policy and/or legislative changes.\nProcess\n: 1. Conduct legislative needs assessment\n2. Seek published report\n3. Request actions from HEW/Interior\n4. Establish linkages between Federal agencies\nand independent groups\n3 -\nPre-convocation and\n: Work with those Indian representatives de-\nConvocation Procedures\nsignated from the categories of: Researchers,\nPractitioners, National Organizations,\nPrivate Person and Student.\nFederal workshop for Federal leadership\nConvocation Format\n: 1. Presentation of results of legislative\nneeds assessment;\n2. Convocation participants divided into\nworkgroups led by consultants to debate\nand restructure legislative, regulatory\nand administrative issues;\n3. Achieve consensus on issues to be re-\ncommended for change; and\n4. Establish mechanisms to oversee follow-\nthrough.\nPost Convocation\n:\n1. Legislative Writer/Editor to produce\nfinal recommendations based on convocation\nproceedings and reports;\n2. Proposals for changes placed through to\nCongress via Offices of Legislation, HEW,\nand Interior.\nAIPRC EFFORT VS. FICE EFFORT\nAIPRC\nFICE CONVOCATION\n1. Mandated by Congress under P.L.\n1. Mandated by Congress under P.L.\n93-580 \"to make a comprehensive\n93-638. Legislative assessment\ninvestigation and study of\nand recommendations required\nIndian affairs \" (Section 2)\nspecifically of BIA and\n203 (1)\n2. Is a congressional activity,\n2. Is an Administrative activity\nconducted by a Congressional\nwhich will include not only OE\nCommission.\nand BIA, but a large portion of\n-\nthe rest of the Administrative\nboard. It is being conducted\nby the Federal branch itself,\ncooperatively.\n3. Recommendations for the en-\n3. Recommendations for change in\nactment of legislation \"shall\npolicy, regulation and legis-\nbe referred by the President of\nlation shall be made to the BIA's\nthe Senate or the Speaker of\nOffice of Legislation and to\nthe House of Representatives to\nOE's.\nthe appropriate standing commit-\ntee of the Senate and House of\nFORD\nRepresentatives, respectively,\nand such committees shall make\na report thereon to the respec-\nLIBRARY\ntive house within 2 years of\nsuch referral.\" (Section 5b)\n4. The AIPRC report will be used in\nconduct of this activity.\nFEDERAL INTERAGENCY\nCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION\nVirginia Y. Trotter, Chairperson\nAssistant Secretary for Education\nDepartment of Health, Education,\nand Welfare\nU.S. MAIL\nFICE\nMembers\n*Commissioner of Education\n*Director, National Institute of\nEducation\nDepartment of State\nDepartment of Defense\nDepartment of Agriculture\n\"Department of Labor\nNational Science Foundation\nPOSTAGE AND FEES PAID\nu.s. DEPARTMENT of NEW\nHEW 385\n\"Energy Research and Development\nAdministration\n*National Aeronautics and Space\nFederal\nAdministration\nACTION\nAlcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental\nHealth Administration\nInteragency\nCivil Service Commission\nCommunity Services Administration\nCommittee on\nDepartment of Commerce\nDepartment of Housing & Urban\nEducation\nDevelopment\nDepartment of the Interior\nDepartment of Justice\nEnvironmental Protection Agency\nNational Endowment for the Arts\nNational Endowment for the\nHumanities\nNational Institutes of Health\nOffice of Child Development\nSocial and Rehabilitation Service\nVeterans Administration\nObservers\n*Office of Management and Budget\n*Council of Economic Advisors\nCouncil on Environmental Quality\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF\nNational Academy of Sciences\nSmithsonian Institution\nHEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE\nOFFICE OF EDUCATION\nWASHINGTON. D.C. 20202\nGERALD R. R. LIBRARY FORD\nOFFICIAL BUSINESS\nDepartment of Health, Education, and Welfare\nBernard Michael\nExecutive Director\n- -\n400 Maryland Avenue, SW\nWashington, D.C. 20202\nFICE\n*Agencies named in Executive\nOrder 11761\nCHO\nWHY FICE WAS ESTABLISHED\nSubcommittees and other working\nKeeping each other informed in\ngroups are appointed as needed by\norder to achieve coordinated\nThe Federal Interagency Committee\nthe FICE Chairperson to focus on\nplanning and prevent unneces-\non Education (FICE) was established\nparticular areas of interest and con-\nsary duplication of activities;\nby presidential executive order in\ncern and provide reports and recom-\n1964 to facilitate coordination of\nmendations to the Committee.\n- Providing information requested\neducation activities of Federal agen-\nby the HEW Secretary and the\ncies, Its mandate was updated and\nA FICE staff, headed by an Execu-\nAssistant Secretary for Education\nreaffirmed by Executive Order 11761\ntive Director and attached to the Of\nin conducting studies and analyses\nof January 17, 1974,\nfice of the Assistant Secretary for\nnecessary for meeting responsibili-\nEducation, provides administrative\nties and duties under the Executive\nand other support for the Committee.\nOrder,\nThe FICE staff also works closely\nwith subcommittees and working\nWHAT FICE DOES\ngroups.\nRESPONSIBILITIES OF THE\nASSISTANT SECRETARY\nFICE advises the HEW Secretary and\nAssistant Secretary for Education on\nGRADUATE\nEDUCATION\nPOSTSLCONDARY\nThe Assistant Secretary for Educa\ntheir responsibilities under Executive\nEDUCATION\nAND WORK\nEQUICATIONAL\ntion is responsible for:\nOrder 11761. Under the Order, the\nAND\nEDUCATIONAL\nHEW Secretary, with the assistance\nTECHNOLOGY\n- Studying the effects of Federal\nof the Assistant Secretary for Educa-\nFEDERAL\nMINDRITY\nactivities on State, local, and pri-\nEDUCATION\ntion, identifies the Nation's educa-\nARTS AND\nINTERAGENCY\nvate educational Institutions:\nHUMANITIES\ntional needs and goals and recom\nCOMMITTEE\nINVERONMENTAL\nON EDUCATION\nEDUCATION\nmends to the President, policies pro-\nEDUCATIONAL\n- Developing recommendations for\nCONSUMER\nmoting the progress of education\nPROTECTION\nFederal educational activities\nTRANSFER OF CREDITS\nINHIGHTER TRUCATION\nand for coordinating such activi-\nEDUCATIONAL\nties;\nSTATISTICS\nREADING\nANILITERACY\n- Assessing trends in Federal educa\ntion activities;\nHOW FICE OPERATES\nAGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES\nResolving differences of opinion\nRepresentatives from the 30 FICE\non Federal administrative practices\nmember agencies meet once a month\nThrough participation in FICE,\naffecting educational institutions;\nto exchange information, resolve\nFederal agencies meet responsibilities\ncommon problems, reinforce each\nassigned to them by Section 3 of the\n- Making appropriate arrangements\nother's activities, receive briefings on\nExecutive Order. These are:\nfor obtaining advice and informa-\nmajor issues, review reports and rec-\ntion on educational matters\nommendations of Subcommittees,\n- Making sure their programs con-\nthrough establishment of ad hoc\nand develop a coherent approach to\nform to national educational goals\nworking groups or existing inter-\nFederal education programs, Where\nand policies, as identified by the\nagency groups;\nappropriate, advice and recommen-\nHEW Secretary, and that adminis-\ndations are transmitted to the\ntrative policies and practices are\nExercising initiative in obtaining\nSecretary of HEW and to the heads\nconsistent with those of other\ndata permitting an overview of\nof agencies for implementation.\nFederal agencies;\nFederal educational activities,"
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