Ashkelon Academic College
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Ashkelon Academic College (Hebrew: המכללה האקדמית אשקלון, HaMiklala HaAkademit Ashkelon) is a college in Ashkelon, Israel which is qualified to grant Bachelor's degrees from Bar-Ilan University.
[edit] History
The college was founded in 1967 as a branch of Bar-Ilan University and focused mainly on teaching accountancy and banking. Student numbers were only a couple of dozen.
In 1988 the management was changed and the college began to expand its activity; in 1990 it was recongised by the Education Minister of Israel Zevulun Hammer as a regional college, which meant its students spent the first two years in the college and after that transferred to Bar-Ilan University.
In 1992 Bar-Ilan University approved the college to grant Bachelor's degrees on its behalf, and in 1998 the university transferred to a new campus.
Today the college has thousands of students and plans are being made to triple its size.
