Touro’s Lander Colleges are a vibrant and important component of the North American Orthodox Jewish community contributing to the fabric of communal life and educating generations for professional advancement and careers. Serving an undergraduate population of 1,575 students, Lander Colleges boast three convenient locations — Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. All three campuses offer an Honors Program track and generous academic scholarships, up to full tuition.Lander College of Arts and Sciences-Flatbush (LAS), with separate men’s and women’s divisions, is a hub of Jewish life in Brooklyn. LAS provides yeshiva and seminary students with an excellent academic preparation for career growth and professional advancement in an environment that is supportive of their religious needs and attentive to their personal goals. The Lander College for Men/Beis Medrash L’Talmud (LCM) boasts dedicated faculty, professionally oriented majors, exceptionally high acceptance rates to graduate and professional programs and a beautiful seven-acre campus in Queens. But what sets LCM apart is the entirely balanced dual curriculum of intensive Torah learning and rigorous academic studies. A center of academic excellence, Lander College for Women-The Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten School (LCW), located on Manhattan’s
Upper West Side, is a magnet for young women from across the country and around the world who seek affordable academic excellence in an environment imbued with Torah values and rigorous preparation for graduate and professional programs.
Additionally, students who spend a year or two abroad in Israel have the opportunity to pursue higher education while studying in yeshivas or seminaries and connecting with the land of Israel. Touro College Israel (TCI) allows students to work toward an undergraduate or graduate degree while they advance their Jewish learning.
REALISTIC RETURNS
Touro is ranked #2 in the nation for the Best Returns on Investment* for projected long-term earnings. Touro students will be among the nation’s most employable earners over the coming decades. In addition to the Jewish environment and Torah values, Touro offers an affordable education, critical financial assistance and outstanding professional training.
KOSHER FOOD:
All food served on campus, in all student cafeterias and at any event, as part of the meal-plan option at LCM and in vending machines, is strictly kosher.
ERUV:
The status and boundaries of the Kew Garden Hills eruv (which encompasses the whole LCM campus) can be checked at kgheruv.com.
SERVICES, STUDY & AMENITIES:
Minyan services for Mincha and Maariv are held on campus at the Lander College in Flatbush during weekdays. There are three shuls within one block of the Campus. In Queens at LCM, there is a set morning schedule of one Shacharit for everyone, followed by complimentary breakfast for all students, morning seder, lunch and shiur. LCM offers a number of shiurim catering to various levels and styles of Talmud study. The afternoon is dedicated to college study, followed by an evening seder consisting of multiple shiur options on different topics or chavruta study. LCM also hosts its own beit midrash, Smicha, and Kollel program in the same beit midrash as the college students. Additionally, LCM offers a warm weekly Shabbat experience with various Rebbeim, as well as vibrant davening and programs for the Chagim. Lander College for Women students enjoy a new and beautiful campus in the heart of Manhattan. They take advantage of New York City cultural
events, such as concerts and the ballet at nearby Lincoln Center. On campus, students experience lively Shabbat meals and a social dorm life. Student gatherings, such as the motzei shabbat kumsitz and sushi nights, promote camaraderie and create lifelong friendships.
ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS:
Student societies at the Lander College in Flatbush organize a variety of programs with outside speakers, information sessions on professional fields, community service events and student research journals. At Lander College for Men in Queens, numerous student clubs, academic and non-academic, sponsor frequent programs, and the College offers a number of professionally coached athletic activities. At LCW, whether students are interested in music or chemistry, there is a club for them. All clubs are organized by students with support from faculty mentors.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Lander College for Men-Beis Medrash L’Talmud has developed and hosts an annual Model Beis Din competition. Each year the students from the Lander College of Arts & Sciences in Flatbush publish five journals with student research in Accounting and Business, the Natural Sciences, Psychology, Political Science, and Speech Language-Pathology. In the last year the career services office at the Lander College for Women have placed student-interns at prestigious companies like Google, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Goldman Sachs, as well as the United States Congress and research labs at Columbia and Yale Universities.
WHAT STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY:
“At Lander College for Men, through the integration of college classes between morning and night sedarim, we were able to pursue our careers while following the Torah’s directive to study it day and night.”–Simcha
“I loved it. It’s a really good balance between learning and the special group of students who come here. From the deans to the faculty and staff, they cater to the students and want them to have the best educational opportunities and succeed.” –Aliza
*As cited in The Wall Street Journal, Touro College ranks #2 in the nation among the “best private colleges for Returns On Investment” (PayScale College ROI Report, 2014).