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Topic: Israeli higher education

March 12, 2013
5:43 pm

Hebrew University student union head Yael Sinai speaking at the protest on Tuesday. (Screenshot via Youtube)

Universities stage mini-strike against budget cuts

Students and faculty call two-hour school stoppage to protest looming financial crisis in Israel’s higher education

By Aaron Kalman

December 28, 2012
12:06 am

President Shimon Peres (R) attends a ceremony of the incoming Indian Ambassador to Israel, Jaideep Sarkar, at the President's house in Jerusalem (Photo credit: Isaac Harari/Flash90)

Israel grants scholarships to 66 outstanding Indian scholars

From the web Times of India: Students from the subcontinent will study immunology, genetics, neurobiology, bio-informatics, computer sciences, law and economics, all expenses paid

December 27, 2012
9:11 pm

Young Israeli scientists (illustrative photo credit: Flash90)

Israelis with advanced degrees more likely to leave country

Underlining brain drain, report shows 14% of scientists have lived abroad for at least three years

By Aaron Kalman

October 7, 2012
1:41 pm

Israeli college students (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

The first Jewish liberal arts college, to save Israel’s soul

The Jewish state needs a Yavneh for our time – a great academy filled with wise men and women who can revitalize Zionist discourse

By Daniel Gordis

September 24, 2012
3:05 pm

An event at 'Science Night 2011' at the Weizmann Institute (Photo credit: Courtesy)

It’s man vs. computer at Israel’s ‘Science Night’

12 of Israel’s top universities and museums offer a night of learning for the masses

By David Shamah

September 20, 2012
9:14 am

A Coursera in-course quiz for students working over the Internet (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Hebrew U — now anytime, anywhere, and for free

Israel’s premier higher education institution will be enrolling students from around the world over the Internet

By David Shamah

September 12, 2012
2:20 pm

Second-graders use computers in a classroom at the Janusz Korczak school in Jerusalem (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Israel ranks high in college graduates, low in teachers’ salaries

OECD report reveals Israelis are highly educated, but country lags in primary and secondary school development

By Gabe Fisher

August 15, 2012
3:30 pm

Mount Scopus campus of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Three Israeli universities in world’s top 100

Hebrew U, Technion and Weizmann Institute make the cut

By Aaron Kalman

July 10, 2012
9:07 am

Project Interchange's US university presidents' delegation to Israel (photo credit: Courtesy)

Inside view of Israel leaves US university presidents wanting more

A delegation of top educators explored collaborations with Israeli institutions, and got a better understanding of the region’s political issues

By David Shamah

June 19, 2012
4:40 pm

Occupying minds in Ariel

The idea that the creation of an institution of higher education in the occupied territories will fundamentally realign Israel’s research universities with the occupation is a chimera

By Sara Hirschhorn

May 16, 2012
1:08 pm

Illustrative photo of the Schreiber math building at Tel Aviv University (photo credit: CC-BY-SA/MathKnight/Wikipedia)

Israeli higher education world’s 19th best

US tops rankings; Israel leads the region, followed by Iran

By Aaron Kalman

March 19, 2012
12:53 pm

Teach your kids English

It’s time for Israelis to open up to the powerful educational resources that exist out there

By Tal Keinan

March 19, 2012
6:21 am

Students participate a mass chemistry experiment in Tel Aviv University last September, a re-enactment of an experiment performed in the space shuttle Columbia in 2003 by the first Israeli astronaut in space – the late Colonel Ilan Ramon. The re-enactment, one of 13 conducted at Israeli institutions, was part of an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for "largest chemistry lesson at multiple venues.” Guinness presented the award to the participating institutions last November (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Israeli universities net top honors in global rankings

Two key indices of academic achievement place Israeli institutions of higher learning among the world’s most important

By David Shamah

February 23, 2012
1:45 am

Yair Lapid in 2008. (photo credit: Michal Fattal/Flash90)

No BA means no PhD for Yair Lapid

Council for Higher Education nixes Bar-Ilan University’s accelerated doctorate track for students without a bachelor’s degree

By Times of Israel staff

The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Israeli higher education

Universities stage mini-strike against budget cuts

Students and faculty call two-hour school stoppage to protest looming financial crisis in Israel’s higher education

Israel grants scholarships to 66 outstanding Indian scholars

From the web Times of India: Students from the subcontinent will study immunology, genetics, neurobiology, bio-informatics, computer sciences, law and economics, all expenses paid

Israelis with advanced degrees more likely to leave country

Underlining brain drain, report shows 14% of scientists have lived abroad for at least three years

The first Jewish liberal arts college, to save Israel’s soul

The Jewish state needs a Yavneh for our time – a great academy filled with wise men and women who can revitalize Zionist discourse

It’s man vs. computer at Israel’s ‘Science Night’

12 of Israel’s top universities and museums offer a night of learning for the masses

Hebrew U — now anytime, anywhere, and for free

Israel’s premier higher education institution will be enrolling students from around the world over the Internet

Israel ranks high in college graduates, low in teachers’ salaries

OECD report reveals Israelis are highly educated, but country lags in primary and secondary school development

Three Israeli universities in world’s top 100

Hebrew U, Technion and Weizmann Institute make the cut

Inside view of Israel leaves US university presidents wanting more

A delegation of top educators explored collaborations with Israeli institutions, and got a better understanding of the region’s political issues

Occupying minds in Ariel

The idea that the creation of an institution of higher education in the occupied territories will fundamentally realign Israel’s research universities with the occupation is a chimera

Israeli higher education world’s 19th best

US tops rankings; Israel leads the region, followed by Iran

Teach your kids English

It’s time for Israelis to open up to the powerful educational resources that exist out there

Israeli universities net top honors in global rankings

Two key indices of academic achievement place Israeli institutions of higher learning among the world’s most important

No BA means no PhD for Yair Lapid

Council for Higher Education nixes Bar-Ilan University’s accelerated doctorate track for students without a bachelor’s degree

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