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A sign at the entrance to The Academic College of Judea and Samaria. (Nir Kafri) Last update - 12:53 11/06/2008 Education Council: We won't recognize degrees awarded by college in West Bank settlement By Haaretz Service Tags: settlements, Ariel, Israel  The Council of Higher Education has ruled that it will not recognize the degrees awarded by The Academic College of Judea and Samaria (ACJS), Army Radio reported Wednesday, after the college, located in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, unilaterally declared itself a "university center." The heads of the college said that the upgrade from "college" to "university center" represents an interim phase ahead of its evolution into a full-blown university. Advertisement However, the state has announced that in the next five years, no new universities will be established in Israel, and that is does not recognize the category "university center." Representatives from the Council of Higher Education emphasized that should the college rescind its unilateral decision, the degrees it issues will be recognized again, according the report. Nahum Finger, the council's deputy chairman, called on students to rethink their future plans should the college resist the council's orders. Army Radio also reported that Ariel students have threatened to strike, or to turn to the High Court of Justice, should the sides fail to reach a compromise. Boaz Toporovsky, the chairman of the National Student Union, promised that he and his colleagues "won't leave the Council of Higher Education alone in order to prevent the students from being harmed." "We're fed up that every conflict in the higher education system comes at our expense," Army Radio quoted Toporovsky as saying. "All that interests us is that the degree of a student who studied in Ariel be recognized by every institution in Israel." The Council of Higher Education has warned that additional, harsher sanctions will be placed on the college should it not obey the council's directive. Representatives from the Student Union and the Council of Higher Education will meet on July 1 in order to discuss the fate of students who will be affected by the decision. Related articles: Peace Now: Peres aiding 'enemies of peace' by attending Ariel anniversary Tamir: Ariel college 'university center' declaration is misleading Council refuses to recognize West Bank college as University Bookmark to del.icio.us   Knowing when to fold Ehud Olmert tells Kadima to begin preparations for party primaries. Time for vegetarianism? Kosher meat prices in the U.S. are likely to soar after a raid on an Iowa plant.   1.   Politics and education should not mix 11:00  |  Zev 11/06/08   2.   so now we know; universities are a Mafia 11:46  |  A thinking Jew 11/06/08   3.   mafia tactics. this is what they teach??? 11:47  |  Jewboy 11/06/08   4.   Ashamed to be an academic 11:48  |  An MD 11/06/08   5.   What a retarded move by the Council 12:09  |  Awake 11/06/08   6.   Leftist spite - by their own words 12:25  |  Binyamin DIssen 11/06/08   7.   Then the institutions must issue their own degrees 13:10  |  avi 11/06/08   8.   Ask Palestinian recgnition 13:38  |  Ralph is back 11/06/08   9.   SMALL BRAINS 13:46  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 11/06/08   10.   #1 14:45  |  Michael 11/06/08   11.   Whatever they call it, the result is more Zionst zombie-clones .. 15:17  |  Chanalau, Tova 11/06/08   12.   To MD #4 ("Ashamed to be an academic") 16:23  |  S 11/06/08   13.   Ariel University Center of Samaria 19:32  |  Ellis Mann 11/06/08

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