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Closure of MSU’s Deaf Education Program « The Deaf Edge

Michigan State University’s Deaf Education program, the only one in the entire state that incorporates ASL and the bi-bi philosophy in their training of Deaf education teachers, is going to close fully in 2012. The Deaf Education program’s dean notified the co-chairs, (Dr. Harold Johnson and Dr. Claudia Pagliaro) that there will be a freeze on future admissions and that current students... Read moreMichigan State University’s Deaf Education program, the only one in the entire state that incorporates ASL and the bi-bi philosophy in their training of Deaf education teachers, is going to close fully in 2012. The Deaf Education program’s dean notified the co-chairs, (Dr. Harold Johnson and Dr. Claudia Pagliaro) that there will be a freeze on future admissions and that current students will be required to finish their coursework and internship before the end of spring semester 2012. The word is also that all ASL classes will be terminated as of the spring of 2011. View page