Touro : opening another campus in Miami Beach

mfh · Mar 3, 2006

Check this link:

http://www.touro.edu/general/news/PR-tourosouth.asp

chydenius · Mar 4, 2006

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Founded only 35 years ago and led since its inception by its trailblazing and visionary Founding President, Dr. Bernard Lander, Touro College has more than 22,000 students at campus locations in New York, California, Nevada, Jerusalem, Berlin and Moscow.
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I wonder if he can leap tall buildings in a single bound and bend rivers with his bare hands.

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Touro College has demonstrated the ability to provide quality secular education and professional training, and advanced Jewish studies, to students in the New York area for decades, and has recently established Touro College Los Angeles to serve the needs of the significant Jewish community on the West Coast...

Charles Ganz, a well-respected community leader, serves as chairman of the Touro College South Advisory Board. Mr. Ganz is chairman of Stratum Wealth Management, based in Boca Raton, and is past president of the Jewish Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. He emphasizes that the impact of Touro College South on the Jewish community of South Florida will be particularly strong. Students who wish to attend an accredited institution of higher learning under Jewish sponsorship will now be able to do so without traveling to New York or elsewhere...

Dr. Henry Abramson, formerly a tenured professor at Florida Atlantic University [in Boca Raton], has been appointed the Dean of Academic Affairs and Student Services.
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I wonder why they didn't choose Boca Raton or someplace in Ft. Lauderdale, midway between Miami and Boca Raton.

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Touro College South, which is leasing a 45,000 square foot building from historic Temple Emanu-El in Miami Beach, located at 1703 Washington Avenue, will provide educational opportunities that are not currently available in South Florida. Courses leading to baccalaureate degrees in Psychology, Business Management and Administration and Judaic Studies will be offered.
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Business Management programs are a dime a dozen, but Judaic Studies is the kind of specialization that should make Touro very successful in South Florida.

It is virtually impossible to distinguish one proprietary school from the others, based on the programs that they offer. The primary distinguishing characteristic is the size of the school's marketing budget, in most cases.

To stand out, a school needs to have a personality and a specialization. Putting the campus in the heart of South Beach is an interesting move. This bears watching.

SteveFoerster · Mar 4, 2006

Re: Re: Touro : opening another campus in Miami Beach

Originally posted by chydenius
It is virtually impossible to distinguish one proprietary school from the others, based on the programs that they offer. The primary distinguishing characteristic is the size of the school's marketing budget, in most cases.
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Indeed. I believe, however, that Touro isn't proprietary per se. I think instead that it's a closely held non-profit, sort of like Lynn University in Boca Raton.

-=Steve=-

chydenius · Mar 5, 2006

Re: Re: Re: Touro : opening another campus in Miami Beach

Originally posted by SteveFoerster
Indeed. I believe, however, that Touro isn't proprietary per se. I think instead that it's a closely held non-profit, sort of like Lynn University in Boca Raton.
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Is there a term used on this board that includes for-profit and visionary-led non-profit schools?

We call well-known state and private schools "traditional". What do we call NSU, UoP, Kaplan, Touro, et.al.?

SteveFoerster · Mar 5, 2006

Re: Re: Re: Re: Touro : opening another campus in Miami Beach

Originally posted by chydenius
Is there a term used on this board that includes for-profit and visionary-led non-profit schools? We call well-known state and private schools "traditional". What do we call NSU, UoP, Kaplan, Touro, et.al.?
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I've seen the phrase "for-profit and aggressive non-profit", but it's a bit clumsy. I'm not sure a special term is in order, though, as I'm unsure they're really a single category.

But if you insist, perhaps "marketing-driven" would suffice....

-=Steve=-

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