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ADAT SHALOM SYNAGOGUE PRESENTS

Worldwide Campus from page 8

A spectacular evening of Popular, Broadway, Israeli and Jewish music!

FEATURING CANTORS

JEN
COHEN

ALISA
POMERANTZ-BORO

MAGDA
FISHMAN

Temple Beth Shalom North Shore Synagogue Congregation Beth El
Voorhees, NJ
Cherry Hill, NJ
Syosset, NY

ELIZABETH
SHAMMASH

Tiferet Bet Israel
Blue Bell, PA

SPECIAL GUEST "DIVAS"

LAUREN GROSS

CANTOR PAMELA SCHIFFER

World-Renowned Soprano
Farmington Hills, MI

Congregation Shaarey Zedek
East Lansing, MI

SCOTT STEIN

Pianist

Monday, November 4, 2013 • 7:30pm

Adat Shalom Synagogue
29901 Middlebelt Road
Farmington Hills, MI

TICKETING

$18 General Admission, $25 at the door
$36 Preferred Seating
$180 Diva Donor 2 Preferred Seats & Private Afterglow
with Divas, Program Listing
$500 Prima Diva Donor: 4 Premium Seats & Private Afterglow
with Divas, Program Listing, CD of Concert

CALL ADAT SHALOM TO PURCHASE TICKETS 248.851.5100

eeds will benefit the This concert is underwritten in part by the

Cantor Larry & Gitta Vie er Memoria
Chesed Fund of the Cantors Assembly

Diane & Sol Colton 5,1 Concert Fund

Co-Chairs:

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the agreement meets its standards for
contracting out education services," the
NASLA spokesman adds.
MJI allows students to receive 49 per-
cent of credits toward a degree through
its partner schools.

MJI Students

The Forward is correct in reporting that
the majority of MJfs 2,000 students study
in Israel, yet it failed to note that most of
these students are U.S. citizens studying
as guests at partner schools in Israel.
The vast majority of MJI students
are taking courses half-time online
with MJI and half-time at an approved
partner school. MJI has a list of quali-
fied partner schools, seminaries and
yeshivahs on its website. Bar-Ilan
University in Ramat Gan is one of its
partner schools.
To become a partner school for MJI,
an institution must apply, be approved
and comply fully with all MJI require-
ments and published technical guide-
lines. To be recognized by MJI and
qualify for Pell funds, courses taken by
students at partner schools must con-
form to courses in the MJI catalog.
Chani Loeb, 24, originally from
Baltimore, is living and studying busi-
ness and computers online with MJI
in Jerusalem. She does not attend a
partner school. She works as a secretary
at a travel agency. She received Pell
Grants, which she uses to study with
MJI. She said she chose MJI because "it
was a school in which I could study in
English, but for the time being, remain
in Israel. It also will allow me to live
wherever I decide I want to live
Rey Stone, 61, of Farmington Hills

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MJI Gets Accolades

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behalf of students:' school administra-
tors said in a written statement provided
to the JN. "MJI distributes those funds
strictly in accordance with applicable
regulations and in accordance with the
wishes of the student
"Many students instruct MJI (in writ-
ing) to use their Pell Grant funds to pay
tuition and fees related to their study
abroad program, including amounts
that are due to the partner institution.
"In other cases, Pell Grant funds are
remitted directly to the student. MJI
students are regularly advised that
they can amend or revoke their written
instructions to MJI regarding the use of
their Pell Grants at any time
As a matter of law, American citizens
studying abroad may apply for and,
if they qualify, receive Pell Grants to
defray costs incurred in their education.
According to a National Association
of Student Loan Administrators
(NASLA) spokesman, agreements such
as the ones between MJI and its partner
schools in Israel are allowable under
Title IV rules, which state: "Under a
consortium or contractual agreement
(including those for study-abroad
programs), the home school must give
credit for courses taken at the other
schools on the same basis as if it pro-
vided the training itself.
"The underlying assumption of such
an agreement is that the home school
has found the other school's or organi-
zation's academic standards equivalent
to its own and the instruction an accept-
able substitute for its own."
According to NASLA, the partner
school can provide up to 50 percent of
the educational program. "However, the
home school's accrediting agency must
determine and confirm in writing that

ashington Monthly magazine ranked Michigan Jewish Institute
No. 17 on its 2013 Liberal Arts College Guide. Editors examined
colleges that are strictly liberal arts (as opposed to national uni-
versities) through three lenses: social mobility, research and service.
MJI ranked No. 4 on Washington Monthly's "Best Bang For The Buck"
rankings of liberal arts colleges (behind Amherst and Williams colleges in
Massachusetts and the University of Minnesota Morris).
A year at MJI's study abroad program costs approximately $10,000, of
which $2,650 is a fixed administrative fee to MJI. The remainder is tuition
at partner schools. Online and local on-site courses are $350 per credit hour.
Criteria for the "Best Bang For The Buck" list includes at least 20 percent
of students receiving Pell Grants (to ensure colleges are not catering to the
affluent), a graduation rate of at least 50 percent (as low-income students
who receive Pell Grants are less likely to graduate) and a loan default rate of
10 percent or less (showing that graduates are earning enough in the work
force to cover their loans). According to the magazine, 99 percent of MJI
students receive Pell Grants, MJI's predicted graduation rate is 83 percent
and its default rate is 0.

