PEJE is pleased to release the findings of The Impact of Day School: A Comparative Analysis of Jewish College Students, by Fern Chertok and Len Saxe at Brandeis University's Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies. This is the first national study designed to determine the near-term effects of day schools on the academic, social, and Jewish trajectories of former students during their college years. Conducted during the winter of 2006-07, this research drew over 3,300 Jewish respondents from college and university campuses in the top quartile of ranked schools in the United States. Employing both quantitative and qualitative methods, this study contextualizes the experiences of students from day schools through comparison with Jewish undergraduates from private and public school backgrounds.
Support for this study was provided by the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE) and a matching grant from the Alan B. Slifka Foundation, along with contributions from the Arie & Ida Crown Memorial, Alisa and Dan Doctoroff, the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, Naomi and Mark Ramer, Pamela and George Rohr, and an anonymous donor.
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