National Technical Institute for the Deaf
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| Type | Private-Public partnership |
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| Established | 1965 |
| President | Gerard Buckley |
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Henrietta, New York 43°05′14″N 77°40′06″W / 43.0871°N 77.6683°WCoordinates: 43°05′14″N 77°40′06″W / 43.0871°N 77.6683°W |
| Website | ntid.rit.edu |
The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) is the first and largest technological college in the world for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. As one of nine colleges within the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York, NTID provides academic programs, access, ASL in-class interpreters and support services—including on-site audiological, speech-language, and cochlear implant support. As of fall quarter 2012, NTID encompasses just under 10% of RIT's enrollment, 1259 students. Roughly 775 deaf and hard of hearing students are cross-registered into another RIT college's program with support from NTID.
In addition to a master's degree in deaf education, NTID also offers a bachelor's degree program in ASL-English Interpretation.
The Institute was established in 1965 by the passage of Pub.L. 89–36. The law also established a National Advisory Group to find a suitable site for the school. The Advisory Group considered proposals from Illinois State University, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Southern California, the State University of New York, the University of Colorado at Boulder and others before deciding on RIT as its home in 1966. Three factors helped RIT secure the responsibility for the new Institute:
The Institute was originally conceived as tuition-free, providing technical training as well as academic and communication skills training to 600 students annually.
NTID admitted its first students in 1968. Its establishment initially caused a great deal of friction on campus between hearing students and deaf students and RIT faculty and NTID faculty, the points of contention centering on the construction of new buildings for NTID, whether or not NTID faculty salaries were more generous than those of their peers, and communication differences between American Sign Language and American English.
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