This year, the various Open University authorities* dealt with modifying and updating the Statutes and General Regulationsof the Open University. These were approved by the Open University Council in May, 2004. Changes were also made inthe procedures for appointment and promotion of senior faculty.

The Open University Council

The Rt. Hon. Lord Woolf, Chancellor, ChairmanThe Rt. Hon. Lord Rothschild, Deputy ChancellorProf. Abraham Ginzburg, Vice-ChancellorProf. Gershon Ben-Shakhar, PresidentProf. Judith Gal-Ezer, Vice President for Academic Affairs

Mr. Zeev AbelesProf. Avinoam AdamProf. Ruth Arnon

Mr. David BlumbergMr. Marvin ComiskyMr. Edly DollarProf. Itzhak DotanProf. Shmuel N. EisenstadtProf. Michael FeldmanMr. Arthur FriedMr. Uzia GalilProf. Sarah Guri-RosenblitProf. Majd el HajProf. David HarelMr. Jacob HirschMr. Irving HochbergMr. Amos HorevMr. Simon KlierProf. Mordechai Kremnitzer

Prof. Ora LimorMrs. Galia MaorThe Rt. Hon. Lord MoserMr. Moshe NativMrs. Ingeborg RennertMr. Irving RosenbaumProf. Aharon ShaiProf. Alice ShalviJustice Meir ShamgarMr. Eliezer ShmueliProf. David ShulmanProf. Miriam SouroujonDr. Yoram TurbowiczMr. Yitzhak TurgemanProf. Edna Ullmann-MargalitMr. Uzi Vardy-ZerMr. Ariel WeissProf. Jacob Ziv

* The lists reflect membership on 30 September 2004.

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The Executive CommitteeMr. Zeev Abeles, Chairman

Prof. Gershon Ben-ShakharProf. Shmuel N. EisenstadtMr. Amos HorevProf. Mordechai KremnitzerProf. Ora Limor

Prof. Aharon ShaiProf. David ShulmanMr. Uzi Vardy-ZerMr. Ariel Weiss

The Faculty CouncilProf. Gershon Ben-Shakhar, ChairmanDr. Zeev Nutov, Secretary

Prof. Avinoam AdamDr. Ruth AravProf. Yair AuronDr. Reuven AvivHana BahakDr. Aviad Bar-HaimDr. Avriel Bar-LevavDr. Anat BarneaDr. Ram Ben-ShalomProf. Ruth Beyth-MaromDr. Ronit BoglerDr. Eran ChajutDr. Denis CharbitDr. Yuval CohenDr. Nilli DiengottProf. Itzhak DotanDr. Yael EnochDr. Daphna EphratProf. Yoram EshetProf. Judith Gal-EzerDr. Avikam GazitProf. Nurith GertzDr. Aviva GevaProf. Simona GinsburgProf. Sarah Guri-RosenblitProf. Aviad HeifetzDr. Tali HeimanProf. Tamar HermannDr. Amir HorowitzDr. Mustafa KabhaProf. Yoram KirshDr. Joel KlemesDr. Giora KulkaDr. Daniela Leibowitz

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Dr. Anat LernerProf. Eli LevinProf. Ora LimorDavid LupoRaz MustigmanDr. Arie NachmiasProf. Benjamin NeubergerDr. Benjamin PerlDr. Motti RegevDr. Sonia RoccasMordecai SassoonDr. Lilach Shalev-MevorachDr. Mordechai SchwarzProf. Shlomo ShovalProf. Miriam SouroujonDr. Tamir TassaDr. Inbal Tuvi-AradDr. Yosef VerbinProf. Henry WassermannDr. Ron WeidbergProf. Elazar Weinryb

New appointments to the senior faculty of the Open University in the 2003-2004 academic year:0 Dr. Eran Chajut, Lecturer, Dept. of Education and Psychology0 Dr. Yuval Cohen, Lecturer, Dept. of Management and Economics – Industrial Engineering

and Management0 Dr. Mordechai Schwarz, Lecturer, Dept. of Management and Economics0 Dr. Avriel Bar-Levav, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of History, Philosophy and Judaic Studies0 Dr. Amir Horowitz, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of History, Philosophy and Judaic Studies

The Academic Committee

Prof. Gershon Ben-Shakhar, The Open University, Chairman

Dr. Ruth Arav, The Open UniversityDr. Aviad Bar-Haim, The Open UniversityProf. Yaacov Bar Siman Tov, The Hebrew University of JerusalemDr. Ilan Ben-Ami, The Open UniversityDr. Ram Ben-Shalom, The Open UniversityProf. Ruth Beyth-Marom, The Open UniversityDr. Ronit Bogler, The Open UniversityProf. David Chen, Tel-Aviv UniversityProf. Reuven Chen, Tel-Aviv UniversityProf. Itzhak Dotan, The Open UniversityProf. Izhak Englard, The Hebrew University of JerusalemDr. Yael Enoch, The Open UniversityProf. Haggai Erlich, The Open UniversityProf. Yoram Eshet, The Open UniversityProf. Rivka Feldhai, Tel-Aviv University

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Prof. Chaim Fershtman, Tel-Aviv UniversityProf. Judith Gal-Ezer, The Open UniversityProf. Nurith Gertz, The Open UniversityDr. Aviva Geva, The Open UniversityProf. Simona Ginsburg, The Open UniversityProf. Sarah Guri-Rosenblit, The Open UniversityProf. David Harel, The Weizman Institute of ScienceProf. Tamar Hermann, The Open UniversityProf. Moshe Idel, The Hebrew University of JerusalemProf. Yoram Kirsh, The Open UniversityDr. Joel Klemes, The Open UniversityProf. Bianca Küchnel, The Hebrew University of JerusalemProf. Tamar Liebes, The Hebrew University of JerusalemDr. Daniela Leibowitz, The Open UniversityDr. Anat Lerner, The Open UniversityProf. Eli Levin, The Open UniversityProf. Ora Limor, The Open UniversityDr. Alec Mishory, The Open UniversityDr. Arie Nachmias, The Open UniversityProf. Benjamin Neuberger, The Open UniversityProf. Shmuel Nitzan, Bar Ilan UniversityProf. Michael Ottolenghi, The Hebrew University of JerusalemDr. Motti Regev, The Open UniversityProf. Michael Sela, The Weizman Institute of ScienceProf. Shlomo Shoval, The Open UniversityProf. Miriam Souroujon, The Open UniversityProf. Henry Wassermann, The Open UniversityDr. Ron Weidberg, The Open UniversityProf. Elazar Weinryb, The Open UniversityProf. Amiram Yehudai, Tel-Aviv UniversityProf. Yair Zakovitch, The Hebrew University of JerusalemProf. Josef Zelkov, Ben Gurion University

The disciplinary subcommittees of the AcademicCommittee are:Humanities and Judaica Subcommittee – Prof. Ora Limor, ChairMathematics and Computer Science Subcommittee –

Prof. Eli Levin, ChairNatural Sciences Subcommittee – Dr. Anat Barnea, ChairEngineering Subcommittee – Prof. Abraham Ginzburg, ChairThe Social Sciences Subcommittee – Dr. Lilach Shalev-Mevorach, ChairManagement and Economics Subcommittee – Dr. Aviad Bar-Haim, ChairSociology, Political Science and Communication Subcommittee –

Prof. Yair Auron, ChairEducation and Psychology Subcommittee – Dr. Lilach Shalev-Mevorach, Chair

Committee for Accreditation of Prior Studies – Prof. Sarah Guri-Rosenblit, ChairStudy Programs Approval Committee – Dr. Yael Enoch, Chair

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Decisions of the Academic Committee in the 2003-2004 academic yearThe following programs of study were approved:0 Divisions of studies in the Arts, in Literature and in Music for the undergraduate degrees in Management and in Economics with a

division of studies in an additional field0 B.A. in Economics with a Division of Studies in Mathematics0 B.A. in Chemistry and Economics0 B.A. in Chemistry and Management0 B.A. in Chemistry and Education (Curriculum & Instruction Studies)0 B.A. in Economics and Mathematics0 B.Sc. in Life Sciences and Computer Science: Bioinformatics0 B.A. in Natural Sciences: Emphasis on Chemistry0 B.Sc. in Life Sciences and Chemistry

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Senior Management Position-Holders*

Aviva Amit – Director, Broadcasting Department; Director, Beit DanielDr. Ruth Arav – Chair, Dept. of Natural Sciences (since 1 January 2004)Dr. Ilan Ben-Ami – Director, Academic Development AdministrationProf. Gershon Ben-Shakhar – President, The Open UniversityDr. Ram Ben-Shalom – Chair, Dept. of History, Philosophy and

Judaic StudiesProf. Ruth Beyth-Marom – Chair, Dept. of Education and

PsychologyChaim Carmon – Assistant Director General of ProjectsAsher Dekel – Director, Logistics and Assets DepartmentProf. Itzhak Dotan – Chair, Dept. of Natural Sciences (until 31

December 2003), Dean of Academic Studies (since 1 January2004)

Prof. Judith Gal-Ezer – Vice President for Academic AffairsShimshon Gabai – Head, Maintenance, Infrastructure and

ConstructionDr. Aviva Geva – Chair, Dept. of Management and Economics (until 31 May 2004)Dr. Baruch Gur-Gurevitz – Head, Public Relations and Resources UnitZippy Jacob – Head, In-Service Teacher Training UnitMoti Kenan – Director, Finance DepartmentDr. Esther Klein-Wohl – Head, English UnitDavid Klibanski – Director, Teaching Services Division

Avinoam Lazarov - Director, Planning & Methods DepartmentDr. Anat Lerner - Head, Computer Science DivisionYona Leshed - Director, the Publishing HouseProf. Eli Levin - Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science;

Head, Mathematics DivisionProf. Ora Limor – Head, OU Research AuthorityJoseph Maori – Director, Human Resources DepartmentDr. Arie Nachmias – Chair, Dept. of Management and Economics

(since 1 June 2004)Dr. Benjamin Perl, Chair, Dept. of Literature, Language and the Arts

(until 31 July 2004)Dr. Motti Regev – Chair, Dept. of Sociology, Political Science and

CommunicationDr. Haim Saadoun – Dean of StudentsProf. Miriam Souroujon – Dean of Academic Studies (until 31 December 2003)Shmuel Steinmetz – Director, Computer CenterGiora Ullmann – Director GeneralLipaz Vinitzky – Director, Extra-Academic Studies CenterDr. Ron Weidberg – Chair, Dept. of Literature, Language and the Arts

(since 1 August 2004)Edna Yaffe - Director, Shoham – The Center for Information Technology

in Distance Education (until 31 August 2004)Dr. Yoav Yair – Director, Shoham – The Center for Information

Technology in Distance Education (since 1 September 2004)Israel Zilberstein – Director, School of Technology