Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Project Fast Forward is providing a pathway for deaf and hard-of-hearing students to transition from high school to college by offering computer-related dual credit courses. Project Fast Forward is housed in the Information and Computing Studies Department at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), one of the eight colleges of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, NY.

Through Project Fast Forward, qualified deaf and hard-of-hearing high school students can enroll in RIT computer courses offered through the college of NTID. These courses are taught in the students’ own high school, by their own teachers, during regular school hours. Students earn dual credit (college and high school credit) for their work. Students can use the credit they earn to count toward a degree at RIT/NTID or at other colleges across the country that accept the credit.