Gallaudet University is marking the 25th anniversary of the “Deaf President Now” protests. The grassroots effort was launched by students in 1988, generating national and international ...

"Deaf President Now!" filmmakers say the new documentary about 1988 protests at Gallaudet University can inspire young people who feel "they're living in a tumultuous world." News.

Jules Dameron will direct Deaf President Now, the story of the real-life 1988 protests at all-deaf Gallaudet University. Skip to main content. Open Mega Menu Got A Tip?

In 1988, students at Gallaudet locked the gates of the Washington D.C. campus in protest of the university's new, hearing president. The takeover ended with appointment of a popular, deaf dean, I ...

But after Deaf President Now [a student-led movement in 1988 for a deaf school president] and the passage of the [Americans With Disabilities Act], it was clear that law schools woke up, and they ...

The “Deaf President Now” protests, stretching over eight days, forced Gallaudet's board to name its first deaf president, I. King Jordan, who served for 18 years.

Gallaudet University trustees have voted to terminate the appointment of Jane Fernandes as the next president of the university. The appointment has been controversial from the start, prompting ...

Gallaudet University President I. King Jordan will retire next year, the school for the deaf and hearing impaired announced. Jordan, the school’s first deaf president, took office in 1988 after ...

The exhibit includes background on Gallaudet's founding, desegregation, the Deaf President Now protests and campus life – then and now. University President Alan Hurwitz said Gallaudet's legacy ...

A Feb. 7 article incorrectly described Gallaudet University as the nation's only college for the deaf. Gallaudet is the world's only liberal arts university for deaf and hard-of-hearing students ...

“Deaf people can do anything except hear,” says I. King Jordan, the departing president of Gallaudet University, in an interview with the magazine. Mr. Jordan, who lost his hearing when he was ...

Washington The first deaf president of Gallaudet University, I. King Jordan, announced on Thursday that he would step down on December 31, 2006. He was also the first deaf American college president.