RECTOR'S REPORT TO THE 37 th BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING JUNE 2 nd , 2009

1. RECTOR'S REPORT TO THE 37th BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETINGJUNE 2nd , 2009

2. General Goals •  Implement and update the academic strategic program. • Initiate activities to encourage research and increase the University’s share in • the Planning and Budgeting Committee’s budget model. • Increase the scope of scholarships for graduate students (master's and doctoral • candidates). • Encourage the Faculties to initiate and submit inter-Faculty and interdisciplinary • curricula. • Expand the academic international network with universities abroad. • Improve the academic quality of the Faculties and guide them in regard to the • self-evaluation project. • Improve the quality of instruction.

3. Academic Goals • Submit the second five-year program – departments, curricula, and new degrees. • Establish the Research Encouragement program for Faculty members in order to • advance the attainment of grants from competitive research funds, to publish in • key international publications, and to mentor research students. • Expand graduate studies and increase their relative weight among all the • University’s study programs. • Advance the establishment of the Charney School of Marine Sciences: Develop • the Department of Marine Geosciences and preparations toward the opening of • Marine Biology. • Address the issues of establishing a medical school in partnership with the • Technion.

4. Academic Goals • Develop international program for graduate degrees in English. • Deepen the foundations for inter-departmental and interdisciplinary curricula. • Recruit excellent faculty members and mentoring the young generation of • researchers. • Attract outstanding students to the University through study tracks and programs • designed for excellence. • Cultivate a new generation of academic leadership.

5. Study Programs (in various stages of approval) • New Programs offered in 2008-2009 • Doctoral Programs • Doctoral studies in neurobiology and etiology • Doctoral studies in law • Doctoral studies in the management of natural resources and the environment • Master’s programs • Marine Geosciences studies, Charney School of Marine Sciences • School of Art Therapy, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Social Welfare and • Health Sciences • Human Biology, Faculty of Science and Science Education • International Relations, School of Political Science • Nursing School, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences • Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Law Faculty and Faculty of Social Welfare and • Health Sciences • Asian Studies, Faculty of the Humanities • Administration and Public Policy, School of Political Science • Environmental and Occupational Health, School for Public Health (track)

6. Study Programs (in various stages of approval) • New Programs offered in 2008-2009 • Master’s programs • Administration and Public Policy, School of Political Science • Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health (track) • Nutrition, Health and Behavior, School of Public Health (track) • Programs with Special Tracks • Specialization in patent law, Law Faculty • Specialization in technology and society, Department of Sociology and • Anthropology • Specialization in police studies and history, Departments of Israeli History, General • History, Land of Israel Studies • Specialization in Studies of Modern Europe, Department of General History • Specialization in energy management and policy, Department for Managing • Natural Resources and the Environment

7. Study Programs (in various stages of approval) • New Programs offered in 2008-2009 • Programs with Special Tracks • Specialization in autism and developmental deficits, Special Education • Department • Specialization in applied social research and sociological studies, Department of • Sociology and Anthropology • Specialization in adjudication philosophy and the criminal procedure, Faculty of • Law • Specialization in organizational and systemic development, Department of • Sociology and Anthropology • Specialization in religious sciences, School of History • Programs under Consideration • Master’s degree program in the Human Services Department, Faculty for Social • Welfare and Health Sciences • Department for Master’s Degree Studies in Math Education, Faculty of Education

8. Number of Undergraduate Students by Faculty - 2004/5–2008/9  

9. Number of Masters Students by Faculty - 2004/5–2008/9

10. Number of Ph.D Students by Faculty - 2004/5–2008/9

11. Total Number of Students - 2004/5–2008/9

12. Academic Faculty DISTRIBUTION OF ACADEMIC POSITIONS * Including donations absorbed for new academic staff

13. Academic Faculty - continued • The significance in freezing the growth of academic faculty members: • Increase in the burden of research and teaching • Difficulties in competing with other institutions • Constraints in increasing the numbers of research students • Obstacles in initiating and opening of new academic programs

14. Focus of Academic Activity for the coming year • Continuing the implementation of our strategic plan in accordance with the new '5 year plan‘ •  Realization of the '5 year plan' •  Competing for the 5th Medical School in the Gallilee • Enhancing our focals of excellence in research: (Maritime studies; Learning disabilities; • Cognition; Emotions; Brain and Behavior; Terror and Media and more) • Continuing with the development of the Faculty of Sciences • Developing the Charney School of Marine Sciences • Consolidation of the Faculty of Welfare and Health Sciences; Public Health; Community • Mental Health; Para-Medical Departments • Structural Reforms in Humanities • Developing new international and interdisciplinary academic programs

15. ALL OF THESE NEED: • Financial consolidation and stability • Physical infrastructure for research and teaching = (new buildings) • Recruiting excellent academic researchers • Determination and leadership • Trust and support of the public standing in the Board of Governors

16. Thank you for your attention