Deaf Education: The National Mission of Gallaudet's Elementary and Secondary Schools

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed Gallaudet University's precollege programs' national mission activities, focusing on: (1) the kinds of activities that make up the national mission; (2) the amount Gallaudet spends on national mission activities; (3) the effectiveness of research results dissemination; and (4) recommendations for improvement.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected	Recommendation	Status
Other	The President of Gallaudet University should reevaluate the overall precollege marketing strategy, in order to determine how its products can be made available to more of the hearing-impaired population.	Closed – Implemented GAO has no information on the actions taken by the agency.
Other	The President of Gallaudet University should reflect more accurately Gallaudet's research costs by accounting for costs by individual projects.	Closed – Implemented GAO has no information on the actions taken by the agency.
Other	The President of Gallaudet University should develop written policies and procedures for approving and monitoring research projects dealing with the pre-college population.	Closed – Implemented GAO has no information on the actions taken by the agency.
Other	The President of Gallaudet University should establish a system to account for expenditures according to the precollege programs' major functions--school operations or national mission.	Closed – Implemented GAO has no information on the actions taken by the agency.

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Children with disabilitiesColleges and universitiesEducational researchElementary schoolsInternal controlsMission budgetingPrivate schoolsResearch and development costsSecondary schoolsSpecial educationHearing impaired