Last spring, the Tufts administration made the decision to allow American Sign Language (ASL) to fulfill Part I of the foreign language requirement for students. After a perennial debate as to whether ...

For Weinberg sophomore Elia Silbey, enrolling at Northwestern meant the end of their American Sign Language journey. After ...

As students in the University’s American Sign Language program enter their classroom, they immediately fall silent. The mode of communication shifts from vocal chords and shaped lips to hand gestures ...

University of Wisconsin American Sign Language students have begun mobilizing to protect the number of ASL courses offered, which have been reduced to accommodate university budget cuts. Students of ...

So, you want to learn sign language on a budget. You could be motivated by a desire to understand deaf friends better, communicate with relatives who are hard of hearing, or express yourself after ...

In 2016, American Sign Language was the third most studied language in American postsecondary schools. That same year, The Daily Princetonian’s Editorial Board released this piece urging Princeton to ...

As a Boston University graduate student of linguistics and a nationally certified American Sign Language/English interpreter of over 10 years, I must respond to the concern about ASL satisfying the ...

ASL is the fourth most popular language studied at the university level. However, despite its increasing popularity on college campuses, ASL has been available in only a single course section at ...

The project’s goal is to create an American Sign Language (ASL) data resource that focuses on documenting visual prosody, which includes, for example, non-manual markers that convey meaning and ...

California Lutheran University should offer American Sign Language classes beyond ASL 101 and 102 for undergraduate students.

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. When Brittney Bateman learned that taking American Sign Language classes would not ...