Higher education

Ari Steinberg: Investing in Israel’s educators is investing in Israel’s future

Ashmoret CEO explains how the company harnesses its purchasing power and expanding range of services to improve educators’ lives and strengthen the country’s education system

Ari Steinberg, CEO of Ashmoret
Eshkol Tower, Haifa University

Due to pensions: Haifa University in huge deficit, forced to lay off staff

View of the Tel Aviv University campus

Tel Aviv University plans to rename Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences

Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC) CEO Jacob Baime leads a panel with ICC Geller International Fellows at the 2026 ICC National Leadership Summit in Washington, DC

Over 1,000 pro-Israel students, faculty gather as US campus antisemitism increases


Female students turned away from Afghan universities after Taliban ban

The decision to bar women was announced on Tuesday evening in a letter to universities from the higher education ministry.

Female students walk in front of the Kabul Education University in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 26, 2022.

Teachers should have higher status and need more money

If society can change its attitude towards the teaching profession, there is a chance that more youngsters will choose a career in education.

 AN AMIT Pedagogical Innovation Conference takes place in Jerusalem.

Nevada becomes first state higher education system to adopt IHRA definition

This is the first time a state higher education system itself actively adopted the measure rather than doing so through legislative decree or gubernatorial order.

Nevada Board of Regents voted on Friday to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Definition of antisemitism in universities and colleges across the state.

Activists launch independent haredi news organization

Naftuli Moster is launching a news organization focused on tackling the news desert in the haredi world.

Man reading 'Yated Ne’eman’ in Mea She’arim

President Herzog visits Hura, promises to look after Bedouin needs

Herzog met influential members of the Bedouin society in Hura.

President Herzog speaking during a visit in the Bedouin town of Hura.

Do attractive people get better grades? Signs point to yes - study

Prior to shifting to remote coursework, attractive students tended to outperform their classmates due to favoritism.

 Teacher approaching student

US stops taking student debt forgiveness applications after ruling

The United States government has stopped taking applications for student debt relief after a federal judge blocked President Joe Biden's loan forgiveness plan.

US President Joe Biden responds to a question about Ukraine during an event to announce his budget proposal for fiscal year 2023, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, US, March 28, 2022.

Meaningful Israel education: Engaging today’s college students

Students are on a large spectrum of Israel knowledge, from knowing virtually nothing to having a full understanding of the creation and modern politics of Israel.

 GRADUATE STUDENTS from The iCenter’s degree program in Israel education at George Washington University experience Israel during their eight-day academic seminar in June.

The global rankings of Israel's Hebrew University, Technion, Weizmann

Hebrew University said number 77 was “a major achievement for Israel’s higher education at large and specifically for the Hebrew University.”

 Israelis walking in front of the entrance to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Excluding North American med students is unwise - editorial

Instead of stopping the participation of foreign students altogether, why not find space and room for more medical students?

 Illustration shows a woman holding a mock-up vial labeled "Monkeypox vaccine" and medical syringe