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Project Access: About DeafTEC
Promoting Access to Instruction for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Students
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Rochester Institute of Technology
National Technical Institute for the Deaf NTID College of Applied Science & Technology CAST Saunders College of Business SCB Kate Gleason College of Engineering KGCOE College of Imaging Arts & Sciences CIAS College of Liberal Arts CLA College of Science COS Golisano College of Computing & Information Sciences GCCIS College of Health Sciences & Technology CHST 9/11 College of Health Sciences and Technology added Other Degree-Granting Units School of Individualized Study Golisano Institute for Sustainability University Studies International Campuses American University in Kosovo RIT Croatia RIT Dubai
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Established in 1965 through an Act of Congress
The first and only two-year technical college in the country for deaf and hard-of-hearing students One of the nine colleges of RIT Established in 1965 through an Act of Congress The first and only two-year technical college in the USA for D/HH students who are deaf or hard of hearing
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Enrolls 1,300 d/hh students from all 50 states and 20 countries
D/hh students live, work, and study as part of the same college community as 17,000 hearing students Offers associate degrees Prepares students to transfer to other colleges of RIT for BS degrees and beyond
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DeafTEC is supported by the National Science Foundation under award number DUE – Any opinions, findings, and conclusion or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF.
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National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education
Under DUE – Division of Undergraduate Education One of the 14 DUE programs Emphasis on two-year colleges and STEM education Focuses on the education of technicians for high-technology (STEM) fields
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An NSF National Center of Excellence
One of 43 NSF ATE Centers Only center focused on a specific audience Original funding from August Renewal funding from August
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Goal: To successfully integrate more d/hh individuals into the workplace in highly skilled technician jobs in which these individuals are currently underrepresented and underutilized
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