Academic World

Scholars from around the world convened at Oxford’s ISGAP summer institute.

Amid rising antisemitism, ISGAP hosts largest ever Oxford Summer Institute cohort

With antisemitism on the rise, ISGAP's Oxford program trains academics to fight prejudice through cutting-edge education.

By RONNIE ROSENMAN
08/08/2024
 Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University announces second round of special admissions track for reservists

First-year students who have served more than 30 days in IDF reserves will be entitled to a 25% reduction in tuition fees.

How Bar-Ilan University Plans to Use Its $260 Million donation for Growth and Tradition - opinion

Bar-Ilan University has received its largest donation ever. Its leaders must now decide how to use this money, balancing their agency for Jewish heritage and innovation.

By ARI ZIVOTOFSKY
25/07/2024
 The 2024 graduation ceremony at Afeka Academic College of Engineering in Tel Aviv

From the battle to the classroom: Behind the scenes of Israel’s wartime academic year

Israel's universities and colleges lost students, faculties, and staff due to reserve duty for the Israel-Hamas War. This forced academic institutions to adapt on the fly.

21/07/2024

Hebrew University launches new English-taught undergrad program

Jewish students are being encouraged to study in Israel in light of increasingly hostile academic environments in the West.

By ZEV STUB/JTA
09/07/2024

Bill to fire academics who 'incite to terror' is unconstitutional, attorney general says

The bill also gives a Knesset subcommittee the authority to slash funding from institutions who ignore the bill, as well as take "other enforcement measures."

Belgium's Ghent University severs ties with all Israeli universities over Hamas war

The university will continue its research projects with six non-academic Israeli institutions, saying they could not find any links between them and human rights violations.

By REUTERS
31/05/2024

Campus protests must be branded 'Academic Intifada'

Worldwide, small cells of well-organized, well-funded haters crying “Globalize the intifada” demean academia, reducing a complex conflict to hate-filled slogans.

29/05/2024

Radicalized faculty are the greater danger lurking behind campus protests

Faculty who attack Israel in the classroom, disrupt Israeli lecturers, and boycott Israeli scholars are the greater danger by far.  

By EDWARD H. KAPLAN
27/05/2024

Israeli universities performance ranking drops 21% in 2024 - QS ranking

Israel's overall university performance decreased by 21% in 2024, per QS World University Rankings. The Hebrew University's theology department dropped, while the Technion's mathematics improved.

10/04/2024
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