• Arab Population

    The Government of Israel is implementing long-term programs with a range of objectives and methods, to provide a response to social issues, including the need to develop the Arab population. MJB’s Research Team on the Arab Population is developing its ability to evaluate complex intervention programs of this kind. The team emphasizes the consolidation of our knowledge and understanding of the unique characteristics of Israel’s Arab population in all its diversity. The complexity of the programs, and the fact that they are planned and executed in the long term, highlight MJB’s longstanding contribution to policymaking and emphasize its diverse research abilities and ability to work over long periods to develop and preserve knowledge for the public good.

    2020 Research Themes

    • Government 5-year plan for the social and economic development of the Bedouin population in the south of Israel
    • Integrating into higher education
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    2020 Research Themes

    Government 5-year plan for the social and economic development of the Bedouin population in the south of Israel
    Integrating into higher education

    Research Staff

    Arwa Majadlih

    Researcher

    Dana Cohen

    Research Analyst

    Dr. Bruce Rosen

    Systems Group Leader

    Dr. Yonatan Eyal

    Senior Research Scholar and Team Leader

    Walaa Hajajra

    Research Analyst

    Yoav Loeff

    Research Associate

    Recent Publications

    Arab Students, Three Years into Academic Studies: Assistance from the National Plan to Expand Access to Higher Education in Israel
    Dganit Levi, Dr. Yonatan Eyal, Dr. Viacheslav Konstantinov, Shlomit Kagya
    2019

    This is the fifth report in a series of evaluation studies on the National Plan to Expand Access of Arab, Druze and Circassian Students to Higher Education in Israel.
    Integrating Bedouin into Higher Education – An Evaluation of the Gateway to Academia Pilot at Sapir College
    Dganit Levi, Paula Kahan-Strawczynski
    2018

    The goal of the study was to help the Planning and Budgeting Committee decide if the pilot should be continued and adopted as a program over time at additional institutions of higher learning.
    360° – The National Program for Children and Youth at Risk Learns from Success: Success Stories in the Bedouin Population
    Sarit Ellenbogen-Frankovitz, Irit Aizik
    2018

    This document presents insights into successful practices that led to improvement in the functioning of professionals and in the situation of the program’s target population – children and youth at risk in the Bedouin society.
    360° – The National Program for Children and Youth at Risk Learns from Success: Success Stories in the Arab Population
    Sarit Ellenbogen-Frankovitz, Irit Aizik
    2018

    This document describes the structured, systematic process of identification, inquiry, and documentation of stories of professional success in the work of the National Program in the Arab population.

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