Touro University Worldwide
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Touro University Worldwide (TUW), headquartered in Los Alamitos, California, is a non-profit institution renowned for its highly flexible, 100% online degree programs tailored to working professionals, military members, and adult learners. The university is best known for its exceptional School of Psychology—which features highly regarded programs in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) and Industrial-Organizational Psychology—alongside strong offerings in business administration and health sciences. Because the university operates fully online, the student experience centers on a supportive and collaborative virtual campus that allows students to learn asynchronously while engaging with a diverse global peer network and accessible faculty. Distinctively, TUW sets itself apart through its commitment to affordability—including providing complimentary digital textbooks for all courses to eliminate extra fees—and its roots in Jewish philanthropic values that champion social justice and intellectual growth.
Wikipedia:Touro University is a private Jewish university system headquartered in New York City, with branches throughout the United States as well as one each in Germany, Israel, and Russia. It was founded by Bernard Lander in 1971 and named for Isaac and Judah Touro. Its main campus in New York City is the largest private Jewish university in the U.S. Touro initially focused on higher education for the Jewish community, but it now has 113,457 living alumni and serves a diverse population of over 19,000 students across 36 schools and four countries. There are many branches of Touro University, including Lander College for Men and Lander College for Women.
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