National Technical Institute for the Deaf / Rochester Institute of Technology

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speaking homes, have secondary

disabilities, are members of minority

groups, or are from rural areas.

Model Secondary School for the Deaf

The school was established by act of

October 15, 1966, which was superseded

by the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986.

The school provides day and residential

facilities for secondary-age students from

across the United States from grades 9 to

12, inclusively.

Kendall Demonstration Elementary

School The school became the Nation’s

f‌i rst demonstration elementary school for

the deaf by the act of December 24, 1970

(20 U.S.C. 695), which was also later

superseded by the Education of the Deaf

Act of 1986. The school is a day program

for students from the Washington, DC,

metropolitan area from the age of onset

of deafness to age 15, inclusively, but not

beyond the eighth grade or its equivalent.

For further information, contact the Public Relations Off‌i ce, Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue NE.,

Washington, DC 20002. Phone, 202–651–5505. Internet, http://www.gallaudet.edu.

Howard University

2400 Sixth Street NW.,Washington, DC 20059

Phone, 202–806–6100. Internet, http://www.howard.edu.

President SIDNEY A. RIBEAU

Howard University was established by

Congress by the act of March 2, 1867

(14 Stat. 438). It offers instruction in

12 schools and colleges, as follows:

the colleges of arts and sciences;

dentistry; engineering, architecture, and

computer sciences; medicine; pharmacy,

nursing, and allied health sciences;

the graduate school; the schools of

business; communications; divinity;

education; law; and social work. In

addition, Howard University has research

institutes, centers, and special programs

in the following areas: cancer, child

development, computational science and

engineering, international affairs, sickle

cell disease, and the national human

genome project.

For further information, contact the Off‌i ce of University Communications, Howard University, 2400 Sixth

Street NW., Washington, DC 20059. Phone, 202–806–0970. Internet, http://www.howard.edu.

National Technical Institute for the Deaf / Rochester Institute of

Technology

52 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623

Phone, 585–475–6317. Internet, http://www.ntid.edu.

President, Rochester Institute of Technology WILLIAM W. DESTLER

Vice President, National Technical Institute for

the Deaf

JAMES J. DECARO

The National Technical Institute for

the Deaf (NTID) was established by

act of June 8, 1965 (20 U.S.C. 681) to

promote the employment of persons who

are deaf, by providing technical and

professional education. The National

Technical Institute for the Deaf Act

was superseded by the Education of

the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4431,

as amended). The U.S. Department of

Education maintains a contract with the

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

for the operation of a residential facility

for postsecondary technical training and

education for individuals who are deaf.

The purpose of the special relationship

with the host institution is to give NTID’s

faculty and students access to more

facilities, institutional services, and

career preparation options than could

be otherwise provided by a national