The Hebrew University reported today a sharp Increase in guest lecturers and faculty members from the United States paralleling a rise in student enrollment from the U.S. Americans constitute some 1200 of the approximately 3200 overseas students enrolled at the University which has a total student body of 15,000. The University said the number of American students has trebled since the June, 1967 Six-Day War. Twenty permanent settlers from the U.S. have joined the faculty and there are 65 American guest lecturers on the campus out of a total of 100. The faculty has been enlarged by 40 other immigrants from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, Poland, Switzerland. Britain and West Germany.
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