January 8, 1999

Higher-Education Issues Loom Large in Israeli Elections

Tuition and access to higher education are likely to be important campaign issues in Israel's general elections, to be held in May. Candidates for prime minister already are jockeying for the student vote.

Ehud Barak, leader of the opposition Labor Party, has announced that he will soon submit an "Encouragement of Higher Education" bill to the Knesset, or parliament. The legislation would guarantee admission

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