December 19, 2003

Israeli Universities Change Admissions Standards, Triggering Charges of Racism

By HAIM WATZMAN

When Israel's public universities decided last month to rescind a recent change in their admissions requirements, liberal Israeli Jews and leading Israeli Arabs charged the institutions with racism. According to reports in the Israeli news media, the new requirements had led to a jump in the number of Israeli Arabs admitted to some competitive programs. The decision to return to the old admissions standards, the critics said, was motivated by a desire to depress the number of Arab

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