{"id":25426,"date":"2019-10-27T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=25426"},"modified":"2019-10-27T15:00:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T15:00:18","slug":"israels-higher-education-redefinition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/israels-higher-education-redefinition\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s higher education needs redefinition; $56M sufficient infusion?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel\u2019s higher education has been facing distinctive issues, as is the case with many nations.\u00a0<\/span>
\nAccording to Prof. Shlomo Biderman, the chairman of <\/b>VARAM, the Board of Public Academic Colleges<\/b><\/a> in Israel, Israel\u2019s higher education sector ought to redefine itself for it to remain relevant.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s higher education should be more enticing<\/b><\/h2>\n

Prof Biderman noted that Israel\u2019s higher education was being shunned by the new generations as they did not regard going to university as the default option.<\/b>
\nHe acknowledged that most of the young people often asked what would entice them to invest three years of their life attending classes and lectures.\u00a0<\/span>
\nBiderman stipulated that their concerns were instigated by the notion that they were sure that even after attaining higher education, they would not secure job opportunities.\u00a0<\/span>
\nIsrael\u2019s higher education is, therefore, not enticing young people as they feel that their efforts will become worthless because of the low employment rate. As a result, most of them are preferring to work in the hi-tech industry as this offers them more job security.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s higher education should create meaningful academic programs<\/b><\/h2>\n

Biderman noted that Israel\u2019s higher education institutions ought to revamp themselves so that they can come up with useful academic programs to both individual students and society.\u00a0<\/span>
\nAs a result, Israel\u2019s higher education should play an instrumental role in promoting social change through the skills presented.\u00a0<\/span>
\nBiderman asserted that a positive step was being witnessed in the nation\u2019s higher education sector. Presently 4,000 students are already enrolled at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, whereby ten options for both bachelor\u2019s degree and master\u2019s programs are availed.\u00a0<\/b>
\nThe issue of relevant academic programs is being addressed, as evidenced by the developmental psychology course offered in a childcare center.\u00a0<\/span>
\nOn the other hand, another course is being taught to computer science students at a house comprising of young adults with physical or mental disabilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel’s own version of the US Silicon Valley, the Silicon Wadi<\/h2>\n

According to a recent announcement, the <\/span>Israeli Council for Higher Education (CHE)<\/span><\/a> has officially signed a fifty-six million dollar program (USD 56 million), which will aim to support scientific research in the country\u2019s leading higher education institutions<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>
\nDuring its 68 years of existence, Israel has fast developed into an economy one renowned for its high-tech development, innovation and entrepreneurship \u2013 gaining the nickname \u2018the start-up nation\u2019, with its own version of the US Silicon Valley, the Silicon Wadi.<\/strong>
\nIsrael is especially known for innovation in the high-tech sector, and is reportedly home to more high-tech start-ups than any country other than the US \u2013 pretty impressive, considering its relatively small size and population. In recent years, Israel has also been touted as the world\u2019s next major biotech hub.
\nBe informed about Israel’s higher education and what steps are needed to stay relevant to the times.
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Israel\u2019s higher education has been facing distinctive issues, as is the case with many nations.\u00a0 According to Prof. Shlomo Biderman, the chairman of VARAM, the Board of Public Academic Colleges in Israel, Israel\u2019s higher education sector ought to redefine itself for it to remain relevant.\u00a0 Israel\u2019s higher education should be more enticing Prof Biderman noted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":25430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25426"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}