At Yeshiva University
Joel became president of YU in 2003, succeeding Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, who had been president since 1976. Since assuming the presidency, President Joel has appointed new deans for Yeshiva College, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Syms School of Business, and the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), added faculty positions throughout the university, and spurred wide-ranging improvements to campus life, including the construction of YU's newest building, the Jacob and Dreizel Glueck Center for Jewish Study, which opened in August 2009.
As president of RIETS, he has spearheaded efforts to reinvigorate professional education for rabbis, continuing education and rabbinic placement. President Joel often speaks of a Yeshiva University education as "ennobling and enabling" a generation of leadership. Additionally, President Joel has established various centers and programs including the university's centers for Ethics, Israel Studies, Public Health and the Jewish Future. He has also established a Presidential Fellowship program that provides training and professional development to recent graduates to further their path toward communal leadership.
His salary, the highest of seventy six national Jewish organizations surveyed by the Forward, is also the twelfth highest for a university president.
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