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Touro University (New York)

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Touro College
TypePrivate
Established1971
Endowment$14.0 million (2013)[1]
ChairmanMark Hasten
ChancellorDoniel Lander
PresidentAlan Kadish
Undergraduates6900[2]
Postgraduates4000[3]
Location
New York City
,
New York
,
United States

40°45′02″N 73°59′45″W / 40.750528°N 73.995833°W / 40.750528; -73.995833
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Websitetouro.edu
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Harlem

Touro College is a private Jewish university in New York City, New York. It was founded by Bernard Lander in 1971 and named for Isaac and Judah Touro.[1][4] It is a part of the Touro College and University System.[5] Its mission includes a strong focus on "transmit[ting] and perpetuat[ing] the Jewish heritage."[6]

Touro College has about 7,000 undergraduates,[7] with a teaching staff of 1,335, of which over a third are full-time.[2] It has about 4000 graduate students.[3] About 70% of undergraduates and almost 80% of graduate students are female.[2][3] Among undergraduates, some 4% are Asian, 15% are black, 8% are Hispanic and 64% are white.[2] The four-year graduation rate is 46%.[1]

History

Touro College was founded by Orthodox rabbi and academic sociologist Dr. Bernard Lander, who named the school for Isaac and Judah Touro—Jewish community leaders and noted philanthropists in colonial America. The Touro family provided major endowments for universities, as well as the first free library in North America.[8][9]

The college's original mission was to enrich Jewish heritage, as well as to serve the larger community. It received its charter as a private, four-year liberal arts college from the Board of Regents of the State of New York in 1970, and opened its doors in 1971. Its all-male inaugural freshman class was made up of 35 Liberal Arts and Sciences students.[10]

In 1974, the Women's Division was established at Touro.[11] Since then, the college has expanded to include schools of law, education, social work, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry.[12]

Touro College first earned its accreditation in 1976, and was reaccredited in 2015.[13]

In 2007, at least two school employees were found in an internal college audit to have accepted bribes to change grades and provide fake degrees. They were handed over for prosecution by the college, and were subsequently convicted and imprisoned.[14][15][16]

Lander served as president of Touro College until his death in 2010,[17] and was succeeded by Alan Kadish.[18]

Notable alumni

Affiliates

Main article: Touro College and University System

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Touro College". U.S. News College Campus Best Colleges. U.S. News & World Report. 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Touro College. Peterson's. Accessed April 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Touro College. Peterson's. Accessed April 2017.
  4. ^ Margalit Fox (2010). "Rabbi Bernard Lander, the Founder of Touro College, Is Dead at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  5. ^ "Touro College". Forbe's America's Top Colleges. Forbes. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  6. ^ "Mission Statement". Touro College. 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  7. ^ "Touro College  : Overview". Usnews.com. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  8. ^ "Our History". The Touro College and University System.
  9. ^ Morais, Henry Samuel. Eminent Israelites of the Nineteenth Century: A Series of Biographical Sketches. https://books.google.com/books?id=L90DAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA335. pp. 335–338. {{cite book}}: External link in |location= (help)CS1 maint: location (link)
  10. ^ "Touro College Libraries".
  11. ^ Snyder, Tamar (February 11, 2010). "Touro College Founder Succumbs at 94". New York Jewish Week. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  12. ^ "Touro College profile". Guidestar.org.
  13. ^ "Touro College". Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
  14. ^ Greene, Leonard (November 15, 2010). "School for $candal". New York Post. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
  15. ^ Italiano, Laura (July 31, 2009). "Diploma Mill Scammer Sentenced to Prison in Manhattan". New York Post. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
  16. ^ Italiano, Laura (August 24, 2009). "College De-Greed". New York Post. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
  17. ^ Fox, Margalit (February 14, 2010). "Rabbi Bernard Lander, the Founder of Touro College, Is Dead at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  18. ^ Kratz, Elizabeth (September 15, 2016). "Teaneck's Dr. Alan Kadish: Leading Touro College to the Future". Jewish Link. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  19. ^ "David G. Greenfield District 44 Council Member Democrat". The New York City Council. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  20. ^ "Teacher Bios" (PDF). Mussar Institute. 2009. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  21. ^ jtnews.net. "Seattle Hebrew Academy". Jewish Transcript publications. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  22. ^ "Kenneth P. Lavalle Biography". NYSenate.gov. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  23. ^ "State Senator Ken LaValle". Riverhead Local. Local Independent Online News Publishers. Archived from the original on March 8, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  24. ^ Jonathan Zalman (2012). "Fighting for country – and a cure: Army captain Boyd Melson boxes to raise money for spinal cord research". ESPN. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  25. ^ "Kathleen Rice official website". July 2, 2019.
  26. ^ Scott Jaschik, "College for Sale," Inside Higher Ed, August 1, 2007.
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