National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Posted on Oct 24, 2010 under Colleges | Comments are offWhen choosing a college, students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can make the decision to go to a predominantly deaf college or enroll in special programs at another school. For those that choose the first option, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf is one of the most popular choices. Located in Rochester, New York in the Rochester Institute of Technology, the school currently has 1,200 deaf and hard-of-hearing students. 12,000 hearing students attend courses at other schools in RIT.This melding of environments, which allows students to interact with both deaf and hearing peers, all takes place within a protected suburban locale. The Institute was founded in 1965 and selected RIT the next year from a number of attractive locations. The combination of RIT’s recent move to a new campus and the progressive views of Rochester businessmen helped finalize the decision. Read the rest of this entry ยป