In the eleventh edition of this publication, the information contained is revised and updated on the basis of a survey of postsecondary programs serving deaf and hard of hearing students in the United States conducted in the winter of 2000. The editors attempted to present the survey responses as they were sent by the program; however, the editors cannot assume responsibility for the accuracy of the information reported by the program.

The publication costs for this book have been shared by Gallaudet University and by the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), a college of Rochester Institute of Technology, as a public service to deaf students. Also, the Gallaudet Research Institute contributed a great deal of personnel time in the collection of information and the preparation of this volume. Programs and services offered by Gallaudet University and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) receive substantial financial support from the Department of Education. Both institutions are Equal Opportunity Employers. Proceeds from the sale of this book will be used to defray dissemination costs and to provide funds to permit publication of a future edition.

Susan J. King is the Director of the Technical and Information Services Program in the Graduate School and Professional Programs at Gallaudet University; James DeCaro is a Professor in the Center for Research Training and Learning at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Karchmer is the Director of the Gallaudet Research Institute and a Professor in Gallaudet's Department of Educational Foundations and Research; and Kevin Cole is a Research Applications Programmer in the Graduate School and Professional Programs at Gallaudet.

This book is the result of the work of several individuals in addition to the editors. Thomas E. Allen, Dean of the Graduate School and Professional Programs at Gallaudet and Brenda W. Rawlings, former Director of the Gallaudet Research Institute and editor of the 10 previous editions of this publication, served as consultants and provided valuable feedback to the editors of this 11^th edition. Robert C. Johnson, research editor, collaborated in the editing and facilitated the production of the manuscript.

We want to acknowledge the valuable assistance we received from the Postsecondary Education Programs Network (PEPNet), the four regional postsecondary programs. They assisted the editors in identifying numerous other colleges and universities believed to be serving deaf students, thus increasing the number of programs invited to submit information for the book.

Finally.... Thanks are due to the administrators at Gallaudet University and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf who gave support and made the resources available for this project: I. King Jordan, President of Gallaudet University; Robert Davila, Rochester Institute of Technology, Vice-President for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf; Jane Fernandes, Provost, Gallaudet University; and Alan Hurwitz, Dean of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

Last but not least, the editors gratefully acknowledge the efforts of staff at programs for deaf students across the United States in providing the information contained in this book.