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Thursday, January 27, 2005
A Lesson From Israel In Higher Education - ROBERTA MATTHEWS, Jewish Press Online
As an educator, a Jewish woman, and the provost of Brooklyn College, I recently traveled to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to see how my counterparts in Israel have responded to the challenges of fostering higher education while engaging a student body that is often sidetracked from their goals by the country`s on-going security issues. I wanted to see what lessons I could gleam from a society that, while putting a premium on education, has risen to the challenge of teaching its citizens in times of crisis. The Open University embodies one of the most successful responses. With 38,000 students, it is the largest university in Israel. The Open University is the archetype for creative, hybrid education, based on independent study but united with a strong community-building component.
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