Touro College Begins Registering Students for Fall Semester

Dr. Bernard Lander, president of Touro College, has announced that the college is now registering students for the Fall 1971 semester. To attract competent students, Eugene Hollander, chairman of the Board of Trustees has established a program of liberal scholarships and fellowships. The college’s programs in the Liberal Arts and Sciences leading to the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees, have been approved by the New York State Education Department. In an almost unprecedented act, the Middle States Association, the accrediting agency of American colleges awarded Correspondent Status to Touro College, Dr. Lander reported. He noted that Touro College combines academic standards, personalized education, and an emphasis on Jewish studies and values. Dr. Lander asserted that Touro College was formed as a reaction to two conditions prevalent on American campuses: on the intellectual level; most students never achieve proper guidance in the maze of formal, impersonal instruction currently found in the multi-segmented university; on the social cultural level, students from Hebrew High School and yeshiva backgrounds find the wide spread exposure to drug abuse, permissive sex practices, and violence alien to their heritage and character.

To combat these conditions, Touro College has developed what Dr. Lander termed a new, meaningful, and relevant college experience in which a comprehensive program in Liberal Arts and Sciences is offered. In addition to its liberal arts curriculum, studies in Hebrew language and literature, Talmud, Jewish history, Philosophy and Culture will be available at various levels of student achievement and are included in the core program for all students. Advanced Talmudic study is also available. Touro College was chartered by the Board of Regents of New York State in June 1971 as a private four year college of Liberal Arts and Science offering programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees. It received the approval of the U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Elliot Richardson, who made possible the deeding to the college of its first facility, a 12 story building at 30 West 24 Street. During the academic year of 1971-72 it will have a library of over 20,000 volumes and gradually build up to a collection of 100,000 volumes over the next few years. Professors of graduate school and advanced research experience have been retained to advise, counsel and teach.