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Israeli Students Shift Career Choices Toward Healthcare and Social Work
A new ISEF Foundation study of 21,000 scholarship applications shows Israeli students shifting away from computer science toward social work and healthcare.
The niece of Shalom and Meni Assayag breaks down in tears: "It's a wound that doesn't heal"
Dr. Keren Assayag, niece of Shalom and Meni Assayag, was a guest on the i24NEWS channel and tearfully revealed the shocking treatment she received at an academic institution due to her political positions: "It's a wound that doesn't really heal."
Women have already conquered physics, now academia must stop losing them | Prof. Avi Domb
As Israel faces a shortage of scientists and engineers, every outstanding researcher who drops out of the track due to structural barriers is a loss for academia and industry.
"Academia is a national strategic asset. We are suffering from a lack of resources and public support"
"We are suffering from a brain drain on one hand, but also from boycotts by universities around the world," said Prof. Tamir Sheafer, President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at the National Security Conference. According to Arie Zaban, President of Bar-Ilan University, the share of higher education in Israel's GDP has been systematically decreasing for over a decade.