Higher education
Israel’s education policies compromise its qualitative edge - opinion
In order to preserve Israel’s qualitative edge, its education system must excel at every level.
Academic institutions switch to remote learning, cancel all non-mandatory activity amid Iran war
EU appoints first ever haredi to National Team of Higher Education Reform Experts
Olim navigate studying in Israel
Day care initiative for health care workers during lockdown begins again
Under the operation "Lev Poem," at least 30 day camps, staffed by 500 volunteers, have been set up at hospitals throughout the country.
Survey: 47% of youth believe higher education is important
25% of the respondents believe that that university will enable them to earn more money and receive a higher salary.
How can Israel boost haredi higher education?
On My Mind: Only 9% of haredi men and 12% of women studied in higher education.
Academic leader calls Elkin ‘commissar of higher education’
The decision to fire Neumann was announced on Monday night and followed Elkin’s failure to appoint Ariel University rector Michael Zinigrad to the CHE’s Planning and Budgeting Committee.
University entrance exams canceled mid-testing period due to coronavirus
The announcement comes amid new Health Ministry regulations released on Saturday prohibiting exams take place on university campuses across the country.
Higher education exams will be taken online starting Sunday
Starting Sunday, students will be able to take exams online, after it seemed like universities would be ignoring the new coronavirus restrictions and forcing students to come to campus.
Israeli college launches ‘world's first’ digital health degree
The new program promises to educate hundreds of undergraduate students in digital health technologies, including artificial intelligence, big data, remote medicine and robotics.
George Washington University appoints BDS supporter as interim dean
Feldman once participated in an unsuccessful attempt to have the American Anthropological Association (AAA) boycott Israeli academic institutions.
Israel's students protest against Council for Higher Education policy
Many students have gathered in this protest to express their dissatisfaction with the decision maker's choices, feeling that they are the first to have been let off but the last to be rehired.
Israeli universities, colleges to partially reopen this week
While remote learning will continue for students in most higher education institutions, the CHE said groups of up to 15 students will be permitted in some circumstances.
