Menachem Yaari: The New Classroom
Jewish Week, The, June, 1997
The Jewish Week 06-06-1997 Menachem Yaari: The New Classroom The largest university in Israel has no classrooms, no dormitories and no course schedules. Rather, the Open University of Israel does its teaching in living rooms and at kitchen tables in thousands of homes across the country. Geared to adults with work, family or military obligations, the Open University caters to those who cannot complete their degree in a conventional campus setting. During his five years as president of the Open University, Professor Menachem Yaari has seen a new world of possibilities unfold through the developing technologies of satellite communication and the internet, allowing the university to reach thousands of new students, even outside Israel, including Jews in the former Soviet...
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