09.07.2012                      19.Tammus. 5772

Ariel:

Israeli college heads decry favorable treatment for settlement institute

Colleges protesting the expected upgrade of the University Center at Ariel are demanding that any decision made on structure of higher education be transparent.

Officials at several academic colleges are protesting the "inequitable" process by which the University Center at Ariel is being advanced toward university status – even after the center was initially refused the designation by the Council for Higher Education last week….