I wonder if contacting some of the organizations that accredit universities/colleges would be worthwhile. You know... instead of fighting this on a local level, perhaps if there were a nationally recognized governing body that said, "If you want to be accredited by our organization, you must meet this standard, along with all the others".
Several years ago, I worked for one such organization in Washington, DC. Here are a few organtions that might be worth contacting?:
Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) at:
CHEA Home Page
American Academy for Liberal Education (AALE) at:
American Academy for Liberal Education
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) at:
Academic Program Accreditation
Or... perhaps a pre-existing advocacy group for the Deaf/HoH could establish a new accreditation program?
Just a few ideas. I think it's silly that nationwide, this isn't considered a foreign language. As previous posters have noted, this is typically the case when "those in charge" at a particular university are ignorant of the facts.
In my Deaf Culture and History class this semester, in one of our class sessions, our professor described for us (using Stokoe's model) why ASL was PROVEN to be a language, in it's own right, meeting all 16 criteria. If I can rummage up that handout, I can try to scan it and email it to you, if you'd like.