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News and updates about Higher Education

Knesset committee approves bill to favor reservists in academia

Under the proposed law, higher education institutions would be required to extend affirmative action to reservists. Reservists will also be prioritized in admissions to student dormitories.

Knesset committee approves bill to favor reservists in academia

The Impact of Technology on Student Learning

As countries strive to attain regional and/or global economic dominance, they have prioritized information and knowledge as indispensable in achieving productivity and competing in every sector.

The Impact of Technology on Student Learning

Teaching and celebrating terrorism on campus–a professor’s view

What is taught at US colleges is not higher education, it is academic fraud. In US law, terrorists are unlawful combatants. Read on. Op-ed.

Teaching and celebrating terrorism on campus–a professor’s view

Why Israel is becoming the ultimate study abroad destination

With low costs, immersion in the Start-Up Nation and antisemitism spiking, it’s no wonder students are choosing the Jewish state. Op-ed.

Why Israel is becoming the ultimate study abroad destination

JCT breaks ground on trailblazing new women’s campus

New Tal Campus will expand opportunities, empower women to pursue higher education & attain employment in top fields.

JCT breaks ground on trailblazing new women’s campus

Writing 'Israel/Palestine' came at a price for U. of Washington

A donor revoked her git to the U. of Washington because a professor libelled Israel: A teaching moment for Higher Education.Op-ed.

Writing 'Israel/Palestine' came at a price for U. of Washington

Education Ministry to take charge - from daycare through college

Higher Education Ministry to be incorporated into Education Ministry, moving programs from birth through college under a single roof.

Education Ministry to take charge - from daycare through college

Post corona teaching is going to have to change

If student skills have changed and the needs of the future workplace have changed, why are we still teaching the same way? Op-ed.

Post corona teaching is going to have to change

Higher education institutions to reopen on Sunday

Health Ministry Director-General signs order that will allow the higher education system to return to activity.

Higher education institutions to reopen on Sunday

In Western culture, the lemmings defeated the humanists

In Western culture, the lemmings defeated the humanists

Haredi integration in higher education - the key to national stability

Haredi integration in higher education - the key to national stability

Higher Education Council:

Gender-separate classes

Plans to establish separate classes on campuses allow possibility some non-haredi students will be affected.

Gender-separate classes

Haredi academic enrollment doubles - but few graduate

Report reveals more haredim interested in higher level education, but few succeed in completing studies.

Haredi academic enrollment doubles - but few graduate

Mainstream fields no longer relevant for next generation

Many fields of higher education are irrelevant by themselves, and need to be supplemented or replaced by a focus on technology, says MK.

Mainstream fields no longer relevant for next generation

Some 300,000 in Israel to Head Off to College

With college and university sessions starting up again next week, a report full of statistics on higher education in Israel was released.

Some 300,000 in Israel to Head Off to College

College Heads Want to Ditch Pre-College Testing

Committee of College Heads comes out against using test scores in admissions process. ‘Not a good indicator.’

College Heads Want to Ditch Pre-College Testing

Hershkowitz on Nobel Prize Win and ‘Brain Drain’

University head and former Science Minister talks about fighting ‘brain drain,’ but warns: Israel can’t compete with USA.

Hershkowitz on Nobel Prize Win and ‘Brain Drain’

Bar-Ilan University: Live in Israel, Study in English

Bar-Ilan University's Intl. B.A. Programs present aspiring students with new options for studying in Israel in English.

Bar-Ilan University: Live in Israel, Study in English

Dozens Suspended in 'Unprecedented' Harvard Cheating Scandal

Dozens of students at Harvard University have been suspended and disciplined in one of its largest cheating scandals to date.

Dozens Suspended in 'Unprecedented' Harvard Cheating Scandal

Ariel Now a University, Major Political Victory for Nationalists

Nationalists won major recognition Tuesday with the Ariel higher education facility in Samaria being accepted as a full-fledged university.

Ariel Now a University, Major Political Victory for Nationalists

More Than 1,000 Israelis Learn in Hevron, Jenin Universities

More than 1,000 Israeli citizens are learning in Palestinian Authority universities in Hevron and Jenin.

More Than 1,000 Israelis Learn in Hevron, Jenin Universities

IAF Takes Troubled Teens on 'Wings'

Israel's Air Force is using aircraft maintenance and gliding to help troubled teens at the Hatzerim Air Base.

IAF Takes Troubled Teens on 'Wings'

New Financial Aid in Jerusalem for IDF Veterans

The government has approved a new financial aid initiative for IDF veterans and National Service graduates to learn in Jerusalem.

New Financial Aid in Jerusalem for IDF Veterans