January 21, 2008

Israeli Universities Extend Summer Semester as 3-Month Faculty Strike Ends

By Matthew Kalman

Jerusalem

Israeli universities finally began their fall semester on Sunday, three months behind schedule, after the end of a 90-day strike by tenured professors.

The strike was settled on Friday after all-night talks lasting 20 hours involving representatives of the senior faculty members, the Israeli ministries of education and finance, and university presidents.

The agreement gives the professors a 24-percent pay increase in three stages over the next two years, which

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