PEN-International
The Postsecondary Education Network International, known as PEN-International, is an international partnership of colleges and universities serving the higher education of students with hearing impairment.
PEN-International was founded by Dr. James J. DeCaro of the National [Technical Institute for the Deaf] at Rochester Institute of Technology, with support from the Nippon Foundation in 2001, by two schools which have since been joined by three additional schools.
Lead schools
- United States: Rochester Institute of Technology, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, in Rochester, New York.
- Japan: Tsukuba University of Technology, formerly Tsukuba College of Technology, Division for the Hearing Impaired, in Tsukuba.
Partner schools
- China: Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin Technical College for the Deaf, in Tianjin.
- Russia: Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Center on Deafness, in Moscow.
- Philippines: De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde, School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies, in Malate, Manila.