NTID collection of NETAC and PEPNet training materials

In the late 1960’s, the U.S. Department of Education initiated funding to establish four direct-service regional vocational-technical postsecondary programs for the deaf located across the country. With the passage of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act in 1973, an increasing number of students who were deaf or hard of hearing began enrolling in mainstreamed colleges throughout the country. As a result, in 1996 the Department of Education restructured the priority for this funding away from direct services for students and focused on providing technical assistance to postsecondary programs serving students who are deaf or hard of hearing by establishing four regional technical assistance centers. The four PEPNet regional centers were established at California State University, Northridge (CA), Saint Paul College (MN), Rochester Institute of Technology (NY), and the University of Tennessee (TN).

The Northeast Technical Assistant Center (NETAC) works with postsecondary institutions in the northeast to improve educational access and enhance postsecondary education opportunities for students who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing. NETAC offers consultations, workshops, regional conferences, informational guides, and assists with strategies for basic academic preparation, interpreting, notetaking, tutoring and the use of technology in the classroom. PEPNet is the national collaboration of the four regional postsecondary education centers for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing. The centers are supported by contracts with OSERS. The goal of PEPNet is to assist postsecondary institutions across the nation in attracting and effectively serving individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.

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