Publication Date:
2024-03-29
Description:
Following mounting political and social pressures to increase public accessibility to higher education in Israel, in 1994 Israel’s academic arena was transformed from a monolithic system consisting exclusively of research universities to a binary one comprised of both research universities and academic colleges. Within the system’s expansions plans, Israel’s Council for Higher Education prioritized the increased accessibility of higher education to peripheral populations, defining this as a central aim. This transformation was achieved in a short period of time through regional colleges that operated in the periphery and offered professional academic courses. In addition to these institutions, a number of University Extensions operated in Israel, founded based on the American Protestant Colleges model, introduced in Israel in the 1960’s by Bar Ilan University. In 2000 all these institutions were officially included in the country’s higher education system, resulting in a huge increase in the total number of students in academia, with higher education becoming accessible to the country’s social and geographic periphery. This book reviews the evolution of Israel’s academic system and examines the ways in which it has met the national aims defined by the Council for Higher Education in its plans.
Keywords:
Academic
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Arena
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Colleges
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Extensions
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Haliwa
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Ilan
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Israel’s
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Pinhas
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Revolution
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University
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Winkelkötter
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bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government
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bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTG General studies
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bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTN Institutions & learned societies: general
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bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJF Asian history::HBJF1 Middle Eastern history
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bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNK Organization & management of education
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bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
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thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTZ General studies and General knowledge
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thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTV Institutions and learned societies: general
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thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHG Middle Eastern history
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNK Educational administration and organization
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
Language:
English
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