Higher Education in Israel.(detailed data on colleges and universities in Israel)(Statistical Data Included)

From: Israel Equality Monitor | Date: February 1, 1998| Author: Swirski, Shlomo; Swirski, Barbara | Copyright information

Until the late 1980s, the Israeli higher-education system consisted mainly of a small number of universities -- three founded before 1948, and the rest in the 1950s and 1960s. Over the past decade, the system has both expanded and diversified, embracing several types of academic institutions differentiated by their formal status, the range of programs they offer, and the extent of state funding they receive.

The Council for Higher Education, the state agency that oversees...

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