The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/academia/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:35:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png academia | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/academia/ 32 32 Figures shows brain drain spiked in 2023-2024 as well-educated fled overhaul, war https://www.timesofisrael.com/figures-shows-brain-drain-spiked-in-2023-2024-as-well-educated-fled-overhaul-war/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 17:01:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3701325 More doctors, engineers, and high earners moved away during 20-month period, costing state some NIS 1.5 billion in lost taxes, Tel Aviv U. economists find, warning trend may be ongoing

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]]> Jewish Studies faculty at U of Oregon rally to protect their jobs from feared budget cuts https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-studies-faculty-at-u-of-oregon-rally-to-protect-their-jobs-from-feared-budget-cuts/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 13:23:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3633670 Amid a tense atmosphere on US campuses after Oct. 7, many worry that broader reductions in humanities will find their way to professors teaching Judaic or Israeli courses

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]]> Trump administration bans Harvard from enrolling foreign students, citing antisemitism https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-administration-bans-harvard-from-enrolling-foreign-students-citing-antisemitism/ Fri, 23 May 2025 03:37:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3555859 Homeland security secretary says university 'perpetuating an unsafe campus environment that is hostile to Jewish students, promotes pro-Hamas sympathies,' has 'racist' DEI policies

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]]> Global academics converge in London ‘safe space’ to dissect post-Oct. 7 antisemitism https://www.timesofisrael.com/global-academics-converge-in-london-safe-space-to-dissect-post-oct-7-antisemitism/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:13:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3515883 Four-day conference this week sees scholars, artists and activists from India to Finland come together to share findings about widespread shunning amid Gaza war

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]]> Protesters march in Jerusalem as cabinet prepares for motion of no-confidence in AG https://www.timesofisrael.com/protesters-march-in-jerusalem-as-cabinet-prepares-for-motion-of-no-confidence-in-ag/ Sun, 23 Mar 2025 10:50:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3508759 Dozens of professors cancel class to join protests in capital, as university presidents threaten to strike if government ignores High Court injunction on firing of Shin Bet chief

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]]> American Historical Association resolution condemns Israeli ‘scholasticide’ in Gaza https://www.timesofisrael.com/american-historical-association-resolution-condemns-israels-scholasticide-in-gaza/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:41:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3454295 Motion, opposed by some leading figures in the AHA, now goes to Council for approval or rejection

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]]> Top UK university to debate if Israel is ‘an apartheid state responsible for genocide’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-uk-university-to-debate-if-israel-is-an-apartheid-state-responsible-for-genocide/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:12:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3425059 The exclusive Oxford Union society, which has hosted US presidents, celebrities and neo-Nazis, again courts controversy this week; its track record on Israel isn't friendly

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]]> Haberes buenos! Hebrew U initiates first Ladino intensive language program https://www.timesofisrael.com/haberes-buenos-hebrew-u-initiates-first-ladino-intensive-language-program/ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 03:34:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3379052 Inaugural summer session attracted a diverse group of students, who took a deep dive into the living tradition of Judeo-Spanish and encountered native speakers

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]]> University of Georgia panel upholds sanctions for 6 students over Gaza war protest https://www.timesofisrael.com/university-of-georgia-panel-upholds-sanctions-for-6-students-over-gaza-war-protest/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 20:52:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3350673 US students to remain suspended through fall semester, on probation until graduation; protesters 'chose to be arrested' by breaking the rules, admins said in May, drawing backlash

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]]> Tel Aviv University team wins international $1 million statistics prize https://www.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-university-team-wins-international-1-million-statistics-prize/ Wed, 07 Aug 2024 10:24:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3349299 Professors Yoav Benjamini, Daniel Yekutieli, Ruth Heller awarded prestigious Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics for their work on methodology for discovering errors in large datasets

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]]> Retiring early due to antisemitism, a professor paints a dire picture of US academia https://www.timesofisrael.com/retiring-early-due-to-antisemitism-a-professor-paints-a-dire-picture-of-us-academia/ Mon, 20 May 2024 21:45:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3291506 Barbara J. Risman felt that the atmosphere among University of Illinois faculty after October 7 was too much for her to bear as a Jew. Her colleagues secretly tell her she's right

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]]> Academics and scientists warn damage from overhaul may be ‘irreversible’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/academics-and-scientists-warn-damage-from-overhaul-may-be-irreversible/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 15:03:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3063314 In a letter to Netanyahu and to ministers of education and science, university heads and researchers outline 'tangible risks' to the tech industry

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]]> University staff end 2-week strike after wage deal reached with Finance Ministry https://www.timesofisrael.com/university-staff-end-2-week-strike-after-wage-deal-reached-with-finance-ministry/ Mon, 05 Jun 2023 06:11:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3027639 New collective deal, achieved after 18 months of talks, includes salary hike, 'promotion of excellence in research,' and consensus to keep system 'stable' until at least 2027

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]]> Israeli universities churn out startups as ties with tech industry grow https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-universities-churn-out-startups-as-ties-with-tech-industry-grow/ Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:38:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2990031 Data shows rise of over 120% in startups set up yearly by academic institutions, from 34 in 2016 to 75 in 2020, accounting for 13% of total new startups established in Israel

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]]> How Nazi-sympathizing scholars prepared the ideological groundwork for genocide https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-nazi-sympathizing-scholars-prepared-the-ideological-groundwork-for-genocide/ Sat, 25 Mar 2023 06:21:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2955643 'Betrayal of the Humanities' anthology examines 'self-coordination' of German academicians in advancing Third Reich's 'racial' policies -- before, during and even after the war

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