PEN-International

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(For the worldwide association of writers founded in 1921, see International PEN.)

PEN-International (the Postsecondary Education Network International) is an international partnership of colleges and universities serving the higher education of students with hearing impairment.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Lead schools 1.2 Partner schools 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] History

PEN-International, with support from the Nippon Foundation, was founded in 2001 by two schools which have since been joined by three additional schools.

[edit] Lead schools

• USA: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), in Rochester, New York.
• Japan: Tsukuba University of Technology (TUT), formerly Tsukuba College of Technology (TCT), Division for the Hearing Impaired, in Tsukuba, Japan.

[edit] Partner schools

• China: Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin Technical College for the Deaf, in Tianjin, China.
• Russia: Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Center on Deafness, in Moscow, Russia.
• Philippines: De La Salle University, College of Saint Benilde School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies, in Malate, Manila, Philippines.

[edit] See also

• Project Insight

[edit] External links

• The founding of PEN-International, RIT University News Services, February 22, 2001.
• PEN-International strategy and goals
• From 1976 to present, history of the Division for the Hearing Impaired, Tsukuba University of Technology.
• A history of PEN-International by the Nippon Foundation.
• 2004 Artist in residence program sponsored by PEN-International with support from the San Francisco Taiko Dojo.