Columbia Institution for the Deaf (Gallaudet College)

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Columbia Institution for the Deaf (later Gallaudet College and now Gallaudet University) is a pioneering higher-education institution in Washington, D.C., dedicated primarily to the education of deaf and hard of hearing students.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf higher education institution
school for the deaf
university
affiliation NCAA Division III
North Eastern Athletic Conference
campusType urban campus
country United States of America
educationalFocus bilingual education in ASL and English
education of deaf students
education of hard of hearing students
foundedBy Amos Kendall
Edward Miner Gallaudet
governingCharter United States federal charter
hasAcademicDiscipline audiology
deaf education
linguistics of sign languages
speech and hearing sciences
hasCampus Gallaudet University campus
hasColor blue
buff
hasFormerName Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind
hasLaterName Gallaudet College
Gallaudet University
hasMotto “Ephphatha” (Be opened)
hasStudentBodyCharacteristic includes hard of hearing students
includes hearing students
majority deaf students
hasType federally chartered university
private university
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
inception 1857
19th century
locatedIn District of Columbia
United States
Washington, D.C.
locatedOn Florida Avenue NE, Washington, D.C.
mission to provide higher education primarily for deaf and hard of hearing students
namedAfter Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
notableFor being a pioneering institution for higher education of the deaf
being the first institution of higher education for deaf students in the world
offers graduate programs
programs in deaf studies
programs in education
programs in interpretation
undergraduate programs
primaryLanguage American Sign Language
English
regionServed United States
international deaf community

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Columbia Institution for the Deaf ("Gallaudet College")
Columbia Institution for the Deaf ("Gallaudet University")
hasLaterName
Northeast Washington, D.C. ("Gallaudet University")
contains
Columbia Institution for the Deaf ("Gallaudet University campus")
hasCampus
Columbia Institution for the Deaf ("Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind")
hasFormerName
Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area ("Gallaudet University")
hasMember
Federal Security Agency
hasPart
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C. ("Gallaudet University")
locatedNear

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