Editing Yeshiva University (section)

==History==
Yeshiva University has its roots in the [[Etz Chaim Yeshiva (Manhattan)|Etz Chaim Yeshiva]] founded in 1886 on the [[Lower East Side]] of Manhattan, a [[cheder]]-style elementary school founded by Eastern European immigrants that offered study of [[Talmud]] along with some secular education, including instruction in English.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}} The rabbinical seminary was chartered in 1897.

When Lamm took office in 1976, Yeshiva was facing a serious financial crisis. As a result, some of the schools and programs had to be consolidated or closed. The renowned Belfer Graduate School of Science was closed in 1978.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maeroff |first=Gene |date=November 15, 1981 |title=Yeshiva U., Once Almost Bankrupt, Eagerly Awaits Final Debt Payment |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/15/nyregion/yeshiva-u-once-almost-bankrupt-eagerly-awaits-final-debt-payment.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date= |work=The New York Times |pages=58}}</ref>  Once this was stabilized, additional divisions were added: For example, the [[Sy Syms School of Business]], with divisions for both the undergraduate men and women was opened in 1988. At this time, many of the undergraduate students began to spend their first year (or more) studying in yeshivot and other schools in Israel], which has become an almost universal practice, and a Joint Israel Program regulating these studies was established to allow them to receive credit for this year at Yeshiva. RIETS also maintains a campus in Jerusalem, and many of the rabbinic students spend a year studying there as well. Over the course of Lamm's tenure, enrollment grew considerably to over 2000 undergraduate students. In addition to its undergraduate schools and affiliates, Yeshiva maintains graduate schools in Jewish studies, Jewish education and administration, social work, psychology, law, and medicine. There are over fifteen schools in total. In addition, numerous joint undergraduate-graduate programs with other schools in the New York area and beyond are maintained. The Yeshiva University Museum, an affiliate of the school, is now one of the components of the Center for Jewish History, located in downtown Manhattan.

Under Joel's leadership, Yeshiva University's endowment was invested in high-risk investments, including the funds of [[Bernard Madoff]]. Losses of at least $110 million resulted.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/nyregion/23yeshiva.html |date=2008-12-13 |title=Betrayed by Madoff, Yeshiva U. Adds a Lesson |work=New York Times|author=Hernandez, Javier}}</ref> In early 2014, Moody's lowered the school's bond rating by five steps to B1, junk bond level.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-22/madoff-haunts-yeshiva-as-university-slides-to-junk-muni-credit.html |date=2014-01-22 |title= Madoff Haunts Yeshiva as University Slides to Junk: Muni Credit |author=McDonald, Michael, Chappatta, Brian |publisher=Bloomberg }}</ref> To raise funds and cut costs, Yeshiva University has sold off real estate, and transferred control of the [[Albert Einstein College of Medicine]] to Montefiore Medical Center.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/struggling-yeshiva-university-sells-properties-hands-med-school-fix-finances/ |title=Struggling Yeshiva University Sells Properties, Hands Off Med School |date=2014-05-30 |author=Lewis, Robert |publisher=WNYC News |location=New York}}</ref>

Joel created the [[Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future]], folding other programs, both from within and from outside YU, into it.

In December 2012, Joel apologized over allegations that two rabbis at the college's high school campus abused boys there in the late 1970s and early 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yeshiva University president apologizes for '70s and '80s molest allegations |author1=Blau, Reuven |author2=Rachel Monahan |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/yeshiva-university-president-apologizes-1970s-80s-molestations-article-1.1219938 |publisher=New York [[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |date=13 December 2012 |accessdate=26 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/14/nyregion/report-of-sexual-abuse-rattles-manhattan-yeshiva-campus.html|title=Report of '80s Sexual Abuse Rattles Yeshiva Campus|date=14 December 2012|work=[[New York Times]]}}</ref> Investigations into these allegations by ''[[The Jewish Daily Forward]]''<ref>Berger, Paul, (Jane Eisner, ed.), [http://forward.com/articles/168012/yeshiva-officials-rabbis-knew-of-alleged-abuse/?p=all "Yeshiva Officials, Rabbis Knew of Alleged Abuse"], ''The Forward'', 20 December 2012 (issue of 28 December 2012). Via Yerachmiel Lopin's ''Frum Follies'' blog. Retrieved 25 December 2012.</ref> and a law firm hired by the university<ref>{{cite news |url=http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/yeshiva-u-mishandled-sex-abuse-allegations-until-2001-report-says/65223 |title=Yeshiva U. Mishandled Sex-Abuse Allegations Until 2001, Report Says |newspaper=[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]] |author=Nick DeSantis |date=28 August 2013 |accessdate=28 August 2013}}</ref> found "multiple instances in which the university either failed to appropriately act to protect the safety of its students or did not respond to the allegations at all." These allegations led to a 380 million dollar lawsuit by former students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forward.com/articles/180007/former-yu-high-school-students-file-m-suit-cla/ |title=Former Y.U. High School Students File $380M Suit Claiming Sex Abuse Cover-Up |author=Paul Berger |publisher=[[The Jewish Daily Forward]] |date=8 July 2013 |accessdate=26 August 2013}}</ref> The case has since been dismissed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2014/01/30/judge-tosses-380m-sex-abuse-lawsuit-against-yeshiva/ |title=Judge tosses $680M sex abuse lawsuit against Yeshiva U. |work=[[New York Post]] |date=30 January 2014 |accessdate=15 August 2014}}</ref>

In 2012 the [[Middle States Commission on Higher Education]] warned the university "that its accreditation may be in jeopardy because of insufficient evidence that the institution is currently in compliance with Standard 10 (Faculty) and Standard 14 (Assessment of Student Learning)." On June 26, 2014, the Middle State Commission on Higher Education, which accredits the university "reaffirmed accreditation", but requested a progress report "evidence that student learning assessment information is used to improve teaching and learning." This was accepted by the commission on November 17, 2016 (wherein the university met the minimum requirements for accreditation).<ref>[https://www.msche.org/institution/0430/ Yeshiva University – Statement of Accreditation Status] Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Jan 14, 2019</ref>

In January 2016, the university disclosed plans to cede almost half of its $1 billion endowment to the [[Albert Einstein College of Medicine]], as the medical college enters a separate joint venture with [[Montefiore Health System]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forward.com/news/333786/yeshiva-u-gives-away-half-its-endowment-to-shed-albert-einstein-medical-sch/ |title=Yeshiva U. Gives Away Half Its Endowment To Shed Albert Einstein Medical School |website=The Forward |date=February 18, 2016 |last=Kestenbaum |first=Sam}}</ref>

In the 2020–2021 school year, Yeshiva University enrolled approximately 2,250 undergraduate students, and 2,700 graduate students.<ref name=nysed>{{cite web |title=Yeshiva University Enrollment |website=New York State Education Department |url=https://data.nysed.gov/highered-enrollment.php?instid=800000046923 |access-date=2022-09-19}}</ref> It is also home to affiliated high schools—[[Yeshiva University High School for Boys]] and Yeshiva University High School for Girls—and the [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary]] (RIETS). It conferred 1,822 degrees in 2007 and offers community service projects serving New York, Jewish communities, the United States and Canada.<ref name="selfpublish">''This is Yeshiva University: 2007–2008''</ref> As of 2015, the university had run an operating deficit for seven consecutive years. In 2014, it lost $84 million, and in 2013, it suffered a loss of $64 million.<ref name="forward.com">[http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/307235/moshael-straus-elected-yeshiva-u-board-chief/ Moshael Straus Elected Yeshiva U. Board Chief] ''The Jewish Daily Forward'', 30 April 2015</ref>

===Presidents===
*[[Bernard Revel]] 1915–1940<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr. Bernard Revel, Head of Yeshiva, 55 — President of Hebrew College Here for the Last 25 Years Succumbs in Hospital — Son of a Russian Rabbi — Was Founder of Talmudical Academy and an Associate Editor of Encyclopedia |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1940/12/02/113123634.html?pageNumber=23 |access-date=18 November 2016 |newspaper=New York Times |date=December 2, 1940 |page=23}}</ref>
*[[Samuel Belkin]], 1943–1975<ref>{{cite news |title=Elected as President Of Yeshiva at Age of 32 |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1943/06/29/88548509.html?pageNumber=17 |access-date=18 November 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 29, 1943 |page=17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Spiegel |first1=Irving |title=Belkin, Citing Illness, Resigns as Yeshiva President |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/09/archives/belkin-citing-illness-resigns-as-yeshiva-president.html |access-date=18 November 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 9, 1975 |page=29}}</ref>
*[[Norman Lamm]], 1976–2003<ref>{{cite news |last1=Spiegel |first1=Irving |title=New Head of Yeshiva U. Norman Lamm |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/09/archives/new-head-of-yeshiva-u-norman-lamm.html |access-date=18 November 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 9, 1976 |page=18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Medina |first1=Jennifer |title=Wanted: University President/Religious Leader |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/28/nyregion/wanted-university-president-religious-leader.html |access-date=18 November 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 28, 2002}}</ref>
*[[Richard M. Joel]], 2003–2017<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bronfman |first1=Edgar M. |last2=Schusterman |first2=Lynn |last3=Steinhardt |first3=Michael |last4=Moss |first4=Neil M. |date=December 5, 2002 |publisher=Hillel |url=http://www.hillel.org/about/news-views/news-views---blog/news-and-views/2002/12/05/richard-joel-named-yeshiva-university-president |title=Richard Joel Named Yeshiva University President |access-date=18 November 2016 |archive-date=July 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726114833/http://www.hillel.org/about/news-views/news-views---blog/news-and-views/2002/12/05/richard-joel-named-yeshiva-university-president |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Ari Berman]], 2017–present<ref>{{cite news |last1=Berger |first1=Joseph |title=Yeshiva University Names Ari Berman President |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/nyregion/yeshiva-university-names-ari-berman-president.html |access-date=18 November 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 18, 2016 |page=A28}}</ref>