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Institute, an Oak Park-
based college granting
degrees in computer tech-
nology, business and Talmud, isn't just
for locals anymore.
After a year of meetings, paper-
work and site visits, the Washington,
D.C.-based Accrediting Council for
Independent Colleges and Schools has
granted national accreditation to the
four-year-old school.
"It's a recognition that our prac-
tices are in order, that our education
programs are solid and our faculty is
good," said MJI President Dr. David
Kagan.
National recognition will enable
MJI to recruit students from all over
the country. It also has financial
implications for the school, which

With accreditation, MJI students
will now be eligible to receive finan-
cial assistance, such as Pell grants,
from the federal government.
"As enrollment increases and the
ability to apply for scholarships opens
up, [MJI] will become financially
independent," said Rabbi Yitzchak
Kagan, associate director of the
Lubavitch Foundation and brother to
Dr. Kagan.
In addition, those students who
relocate to schools in other cities will
be able to transfer their MJI credits.
"From now on, it's just growth,"
said Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov, dean of
financial affairs, adding that his
school — the only four-year secular
studies college sponsored by the
Lubavitch arm of Orthodox Judaism