This document examines the scope, operation, and effectiveness of the Education Division of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which is composed of the office of the Assistant Secretary of Education, the Fund for Postsecondary Education, the National Institute of Education, and the U.S. Office of Education. The hearings concentrated on school assistance in federally affected areas; emergency school assistance; education for the handicapped; elementary and secondary education, Title I and III ESEA programs; occupational, vocational, and adult education; research and development programs; higher education; the student loan insurance fund; higher education facilities loan and insurance fund; educational development; educational activities overseas; the salaries and expenses of the U.S. Office of Education; library resources; information dissemination; and basic educational opportunity grants. Numerous tables of statistical data are included throughout the presentation. (Author/DN)