How Did Israel Become “Start-Up Nation”?

Re:How Did Israel Become “Start-Up Nation”? by wtvanhest on Wednesday February 01, 2012 @05:57PM (#3540502)

I have heard statistics but do not have a source that the university system in isreal is better positioned to perform tech transfer. The US schools are more focused on research reports where as Israeli schools are more focused on selling and building technology.

This is evidenced by the type of start up out of Israel which is patent style tech over social, web tech.

There are US schools pushing to potentially reward professors not just for research but also selling technology.

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Re:How Did Israel Become “Start-Up Nation”? by JerusaEnt on Wednesday February 01, 2012 @06:13PM (#3540557)

The reason that Israeli schools and American schools differ, stem from the fact that originally, Israel needed fast results.

in 1948, Israel started getting boat loads of Jewish immigrants (a lot of them just out of the holocaust and uneducated). Additionally they were at war and trying to build a country fast. So instead of going for liberal arts and such, the college education is much more direct and to the point. So after 3-4 years, these people can go out and help the new county.

This is also seen in the fact that majors are picked in High School also, to further pinpoint what you are going to do for the society, and then get it done.

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