Tel-Hai Academic College

Tel-Hai Academic College
Type Public
Students 4,500
Location Tel Hai, Israel
Website http://english.telhai.ac.il/

Tel-Hai College is a college located in Tel Hai in northern Israel, near Kibbutz Kfar Giladi and north of Kiryat Shmona.

The college offers academic and continuing education programs for approximately 4,500 students, 70 percent of whom come from outside the Galilee. Minorities comprise about 10 percent of the student body. The college offers degrees in life sciences, social sciences, computer science and the humanities.

The college sees itself as "an agent of social and economic development in the highly strategic Upper Galilee region." Because of its location at the country's farthest northern border, Tel Hai's mandate extends beyond the area of education, to include opportunities for individual and community development and closing social and economic rifts.

About 60 percent of the school's instructors live in the region. Some teachers from other Israeli universities fly up from points south on a weekly basis to teach at the College as well.

Center for Learning Disabilities

College at night

In 1995, Tel Hai College opened the Center for Learning Disabled Students, the first of its kind in Israel. The center enables students with learning disabilities to thrive and excel in a competitive academic environment and realize their individual potential. The center caters to students with dyslexia, difficulties in organizing and processing written materials, dysgraphia, difficulty with written expression, foreign language learning and many other types of learning disorders. Sophisticated diagnostic tests are used to pinpoint areas of difficulty, so that maximal time and energy can be spent on learning how to overcome them.

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    Coordinates: 33°14′8.32″N 35°34′43.89″E / 33.2356444°N 35.5788583°E