National Technical Institute for the Deaf: a profitable investment; while giving deaf students a competitive edge in the world of high technology, NTID gives the taxpayers a return on their investment of more than 440 percent

American Education, Nov, 1984 by William E. Castle

Maintenance of these benefits to the taxpayers and the deaf community will require a redoubling of effort by those committed to education. Between 1963 and 1965, a rubella (German measles) epidemic swept through the United States. During those years, more than twice the usual number of hearing-impaired babies were born. As these children approach college age, NTID and other post-secondary educational schools for the deaf are preparing for a heavy influx of students from the rubella group. Despite these extra efforts, it is expected that the number of qualified deaf applicants will continue to exceed the capacity to accommodate them.

The National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology is a model of success in education. The integral relationship of NTID with its host Institute, RIT, and with the surrounding business and industrial community gives young deaf people an unmatched opportunity for an education that would not have been available to them twenty years ago. Deaf students at RIT are not learning mere survival skills. They're learning to work and succeed in a high-technology society among hearing peers and competitors. It is the mission of NTID at RIT to fulfill the public's commitment to that success, and to share that success with the educational world.