PEN-International promotional materials

The Postsecondary Education Network-International (PEN-International), a multinational partnership of colleges and universities worldwide, was created in 2001 through grants funded by The Nippon Foundation of Japan. Its goal is to improve and expand postsecondary education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students around the world by sharing educational technology and conducting faculty development and training, particularly in developing countries.

The goals for PEN-International are to train faculty for improving, teaching and learning, to apply innovative instructional technologies to the teaching/learning environment, to provide state-of-the-art equipment to international partners, to promote program self-sufficiency, and to expand career opportunities for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

PEN-International's vision is to assist partner institutions in the move from importers to self-sufficiency to exporters of knowledge and skills within their respective home countries. Establishing an international network was the first step in achieving this end. The organization is now defunct.

_{Text excerpted from the PEN-International website. Accessed November, 2011.}