University, Education and Human Resources

The Higher Education Forum

Project Leaders: Prof. Moshe Moshe, Prof. Mordechai Shechter, Prof. Neal Sherman

The Forum for Higher Education was created as an offshoot of the international conference entitled "Transition to Mass Higher Education Systems: International Comparisons and Perspectives", which was held at the S. Neaman Institute in December 2004. Among the conclusions of the conference, it was decided to create a forum that would enable open discussion between the country's universities and colleges. The forum was established by the S. Neaman Institute, in cooperation with "Bashaar –" Academic Community for Israeli Society, and the U.S.-Israel Education Fund (Fulbright Foundation).

The purpose of the forum's meetings is to reach a broad consensus regarding the common goals of the higher education system in Israel and of the roles of all the relevant players. Recently, the topics of the forum have been expanded and today the emphasis is on issues related to the higher education system and higher education policy in Israel.

Meeting - Number 1, April 22, 2005
Greetings: Chagit Messer-Yaron, Nadav Liron - View Greetings
Amnon Pazy: "The Master Plan for the Higher Education System in Israel, Planning versus Reality". - View Video
Round Table Discussion: - View Video

Meeting - Number 2, May 13, 2005
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Meeting - Number 3, June 19, 2005
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Meeting - Number 4, November 11, 2005
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Meeting - Number 5, January 6, 2006
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Meeting - Number 6, January 24, 2007
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Meeting - Number 7, March 23, 2007
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Meeting - Number 8, April 4, 2007
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Meeting - Number 9, May 23, 2008
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Meeting - Number 10, July 25, 2008

Meeting #10, participating Minister of Education, Yuli Tamir
Meeting #10, participating Minister of Education, Yuli Tamir

Meeting - Number 11, January 30, 2009
Meeting no. 11 took place on January 30, 2009, on the subject of "Tuition and Assistance Systems."
Lecturer: Dr. Liora Meridor, a member of the Schochat Committee that examined the higher education system and Chairperson of the sub-committee to determine assistance systems and tuition.
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Meeting - Number 12, March 17, 2009
Meeting no. 12 took place on March 17, 2009, Discussion session on the subject of "The Future of Higher Education in Israel"
Moderator: Prof. Moshe Moshe, Director of the Samuel Neaman Institute.
Participants: Prof. Shosh Arad, President of Rupin College and Chairman of the
Committee of College Presidents (VARAM), Prof. Paul Feigin, Executive Vice
President - Technion, Prof. Zvi Galil, President of Tel-Aviv University, Prof. Hagit
Messer-Yaron, President of the Open University, Prof. Mordechai (Moti) Shechter,
Haifa University and former President of Tel Hai Academic College, Prof. Zehev
Tadmor Chairman of the Samuel Neaman Institute and former President of the
Technion. Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, former Head of the National Economic
Council and Chairman of the Planning and Budgeting Committee (VATAT)
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Meeting - Number 13, May 8, 2009
Meeting no. 13 took place on May 8, 2009, on the subject of "Higher Education in the Arab Sector".
Speaker: Prof. Fuad Fares, Haifa University, member of MALAG (CHE - Council for Higher Education).
Participants included guest Prof. Avishay Braverman, Israeli Minister of Minority Affairs.
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Meeting - Number 14, November 13, 2009
Meeting no. 14 took place on November 13, 2009, on the subject of "The Model of Higher Education in California - Evaluations and Directions."
Lecturer: Prof. Sheldon Rothblatt, University of California at Berkeley USA.
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Meeting - Number 15, December 25, 2009
Meeting no. 15 took place on December 25, 2009, on the subject "The Higher Education Policy in Israel."
Speaker: Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Chairman of the Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC/VATAT)
Responding: Prof. Shosh Arad, President of Rupin College and Chairman of the Committee of College Presidents (VARAM). Prof. Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, President of Haifa University and Chairman of the Committee of University Presidents (VERA).
The meeting started with a review of the role of the PBC in Israel's higher education system by Prof. Ami Volansky, Tel-Aviv University
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Meeting - Number 16, May 28, 2010
Meeting no. 16 took place on May 28, 2010, on the subject "Balancing Institutional Ambitions and Public Needs"
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Meeting - Number 17, June 11, 2010
Meeting no. 17 took place on June 11, 2010, on the subject "University Governance"
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PRIVATIZATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS – AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

In the period since 1990, Israel’s higher education system has experienced both rapid growth and rapid structural change. One of the central policy questions arising in the wake of these developments is: "What should the relative roles of public and private institutions be within the national higher education system?" In January 2008, an international symposium on Privatization in Higher Education Systems took place, which aimed to provide a systematic, informed answer to this question in the Israeli context. The conference was held under the auspices of the S. Neaman Institute, Bashaar-Academic Community for Israeli Society, the United States-Israel Education Foundation, the Azrieli Center for Economic Policy, Bar-Ilan University and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

The symposium’s deliberation provided policy makers from the higher education system and from government with the opportunity to begin analysis of the Israeli situation in the light of international experience with the assistance of local higher education researchers and foreign experts. It is hoped that the process initiated by the symposium will encourage and contribute to the formulation of a rational, pro-active policy regarding privatization.

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