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**Program Office:**Office of Special Institutions

**CFDA Number:** 84.908**Program Type:** Direct Appropriation**Also Known As:** NTID

The purpose of the NTID is to promote the employment of persons who are deaf by providing technical andprofessional education for the nation's young people who are deaf. The U.S. Department of Education maintains anagreement with its host institution, the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), to operate a residential facilityfor postsecondary technical training and education for individuals who are deaf. The purpose of the relationshipwith the host institution is to provide NTID and its students with access to more facilities, institutionalservices, and career preparation options than could be provided otherwise by a national technical institute forthe deaf standing alone. The host institution also offers NTID students health and counseling services, a library,and physical education and recreation facilities. General services, such as food, maintenance, grounds, andsecurity, also are provided. RIT receives reimbursement for these services through indirect cost charges negotiatedwith the federal government.

In FY 2011, NTID enrolled 1,263 undergraduate deaf students, 147 interpreter students, and 101 graduatestudents.

NTID offers a variety of technical programs at the certificate, diploma, and associate degree levels. Majorsare available in such areas as business, engineering, science, and visual communications in its degreeprograms. In addition, NTID students may participate in approximately 200 education programs availablethrough RIT, which offers advanced technological courses of study at the undergraduate and graduate degree levels.In addition to the associate degree programs it directly administers, NTID is responsible for a master's degreeprogram that trains secondary education teachers who will be teaching students who are deaf. The institute alsooperates a bachelor's in applied science degree program to train interpreters for persons who are deaf and a tutorand note-taker training program. Students who are deaf and enroll in NTID or RIT programs are given a widerange of support services and special programs to assist them in preparing for their careers, including tutoring,remedial and language enrichment programs, counseling, note taking, interpreting, captioning, and mentoring.Students may work with specialized educational media and complete cooperative work experiences. Specializedjob placement assistance also is provided.

NTID conducts applied research on occupational- and employment-related aspects of deafness. It also conductsstudies related to communication assessment, the demographics of NTID's target population, and howhearing loss affects learning in postsecondary education. In addition, NTID conducts training workshops andseminars related to deafness, which are offered to professionals throughout the nation who employ, workwith, teach, or otherwise serve persons who are deaf.

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