from the secretary of the US Department of Education in order to sell or transfer title of any of its real property.
The diplomas of all Gallaudet graduates are signed by the current U.S. president, which dates from President U.S. Grant signing students' diplomas in 1869.
Three members of Congress are appointed to the university's board of trustees as "Public Members".
Gallaudet must provide annual reports to the secretary of education.
"Gallaudet receives the bulk of its income in the form of an annual appropriation from Congress, and the Department of Education oversees the University's appropriation for the Federal government."
Gallaudet University (and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf) are authorized to make purchases through the General Services Administration.
Gallaudet's Fifty-Fifth Annual Report contains an appendix that includes the text of 99 Federal Acts related to Gallaudet/Columbia which were enacted between 1857 and 1912.
=== Presidential visits ===
There have been 15 occasions to …
