A total of 206 institutions of higher learning in the United States are now offering courses in Hebrew, according to a survey made public today. Sixty-two of these institutions are colleges, 60 are universities and 84 are theological schools.
The survey, conducted by Prof. Abraham I. Katsh of New York University’s School of Education, established that Hebrew, both as a college entrance requirement and as a college course, is currently receiving greater acceptance than ever before in the nation’s institutions of higher learning.
The study made by Prof. Katsh was based on replies to questionnaires returned by 1,021 colleges and universities in 47 states, the District of Columbia, Hawaii and Alaska Questionnaires were originally sent to 1,221 institutions of which 83.5 percent responded. Only 199 of the responding institutions would not accept Hebrew as an entrance requirement, but 496 colleges and universities stated categorically that they would accept Hebrew as meeting the entrance language requirement. An additional 14 schools indicated that they would accept the language as an entrance requirement, but in individual cases only. Seventy-two schools reported they would accept Hebrew for entrance, but pointed out, however, that no such requests have yet been made.
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