THE UNIVERSITIES

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The university teachers In 1982 / 83 , the total number of academic staff was about 6 , 350 ; the total number of administrative and technical staff came to The students The students at Israel's conventional universities , not including Everyman's University , totalled 62 , 355 . By the 1988 / 89 school year , the number of students is expected to rise to 70 , 000 ; by 1995 / 96 , the number should be 85 , 000 . Students taking into account three years of military serviceobtain their Bachelor's degrees at twenty-three or twenty-four ; if they proceed to the second degree , they obtain their Master's degrees at twenty-five or twenty-six and some of their most creative years in the natural sciences and in mathematics will be over before they even begin their careers . I would make a plea for gifted students to be enabled to commence their studies earlier so that they could obtain their academic degrees at an earlier age . sumption and are in the forefront of change . They would surely not exempt themselves from a reexamination . I wonder whether the universities , like the schools , have not continued some traditional practices beyond the time of their usefulness .

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