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al philosophy, etc. The students
then divide up into their havru-
ta groups to explore the different
texts, then return to the group to
discuss each group's insights and
ideas.
For Elul, the high school batei
midrash program is another suc-
cessful link in its outreach efforts,
which also includes programs for
new immigrants and Bezalel Art
Academy students, as well as the
general public. Elul believes that
by making the insights of Jewish
learning available to the main-
stream of Israeli society, it will be
creating a common language for
dialogue and understanding be-
tween all Jews in Israel. ❑

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WZPS

Quiet Revolution
In Education

A quiet but important revolution
is taking place in the field of high-
er education in Israel. In a re-
versal of the progression in other
countries whereby public colleges
and universities were created as
an alternative to private colleges,
Israel is currently seeing private
colleges develop to relieve the de-
mand on the publicly subsidized
universities.
Naftali Wittman, a member of
the Israel Council for Higher Ed-
ucation, which in 1988 began
granting College of Management
(COM) authorization to award
degrees, says, "the colleges relieve
the demand on the universities
for undergraduate degrees, there-
by freeing them, both financially
and physically, to develop their
advanced research programs."
Since its founding in 1965 by
the Union of Administrative and
Public Service Employees, COM
has trained and educated some
300,000 men and women in a va-
riety of courses ranging from of-
fice skills and management to
marketing and real estate. In fact,
it has outgrown its name in many
regards with its offerings of as-
sociate degree programs in com-
puter technology, construction
and industrial engineering and
other technical courses.
In 1988, COM was authorized
to award degrees in business ad-
ministration; in 1993 it was ac-
credited to grant law degrees, and
in April 1996 it was given the go-
ahead to register students for an
MBA program at its School of
Business Administration — the
oldest and largest of the college's
schools.
COM also awards bachelor de-
grees in media studies and an in-
terdisciplinary degree combining
business and law. Application has
been made to award degrees in
economics, and the academic
courses being offered in behav-
ioral studies are shortly expect-
ed to lead to a degree. In addition,
a four-year design program has
started in the art school.

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Troy

St Clair Shores

Farmington Hills

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