Raised a million dollars to support students and announced a series of concessions for those who were recruited for the war
Hayadan
The Technion decided to postpone the opening of the school year from October 17 to November 5, to make it easier for the students by not having it coincide with the exams that were postponed due to the war. The management of the Technion also announced a series of concessions for those who were drafted into the reserves, including an emergency fund in the amount of one million dollars to help the students. The president of the Technion, Professor Yitzhak Apluig, said that he hopes that the government will follow the Technion's lead and join the effort to aid students who were harmed as a result of the war.
Among the benefits for recruited students that the Technion's management and St. Technion approved - the possibility to receive personal mentoring, a significant discount in the student dormitories and the possibility to convert numerical grades into a "passing" grade.
In addition, the management of the Technion initiated a series of concessions for all students, such as three exam dates instead of the usual two years and replacing exams in certain subjects with homework.
"The Technion believes that there is a difference between the help and relief that should be offered to students who served in the reserves, and that offered to those who remained on the home front," said the Technion's senior vice president, Professor Aviv Rosen. "At the same time, we have established a special committee whose job it is to discuss student applications and give them relief according to special circumstances."
As for the students' demand to receive an overwhelming "passing" grade, Professor Rosen said: "It should be emphasized that with a prolonged effort of decades, the Technion has earned him a place of honor, as one of the leading academic institutions in the world. This position is a result of his academic level and excellence which is a candle to his feet. Even in this difficult time, aside from the aid it intends to give to students affected by the war, the Technion is not ready to harm the academic level. An "easy" and populist solution will harm the status of the Technion and the prestige of the diploma it awards its graduates upon graduation. Such an injury is first and foremost an injury to Technion graduates and most students understand this."
