To maintain academic excellence, emphasis is placed on both teaching and research at COMAS.
The Research Authority aims to encourage research activity among the College schools and academic departments to aid faculty to locate research funds both in Israel and abroad and to prepare grant proposals.
The Authority encourages faculty to engage in both basic and applied research as an important element for the improvement of the quality of teaching, a stepping-stone for the personal academic advancement of the faculty and the placing of the College on the academic map in Israel and abroad.
In keeping with the unique COMAS credo of emphasizing the combination of the academic-theoretical with practical application in study programs, the Research Authority initiates research studies combining their and practice with potential for influencing public policy. The Authority also holds seminars and conferences and issues publications with the involvement of faculty engaging in research.
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The Teaching Authority was established to improve the quality of teaching at institutions of higher education in Israel in general, and at COMAS in particular through various means, while developing tools to measure quality instruction. It encourages debate on the essence of academic teaching and its quality amongst the faculty and academic management.
Aims:
to encourage excellence in teaching
to ensure that teaching standards remain at a consistently high level
to monitor and enhance all aspects of teaching at the COMAS
To achieve these objectives the Authority organizes courses, seminars and workshops. It has developed teaching quality evaluation criteria for determining professional advancement and it publishes Al Hagovah a highly successful professional journal devoted to higher education issues which is distributed to all institutions of higher education in Israel. The journal is the first of its kind in Israel.