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Yeshiva University is a private university in ). In 2001, undergraduate enrollment was approximately 2,600. The undergraduate programs operate according to the Modern Orthodox Judaism philosophy of Torah U'Madda - implying " Torah combined with secular studies". It is listed among the Top 50 national universities in '' US News And World Report ''. DIVISIONS The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), a Rabbi nical school (''i.e.,'' its main Yeshiva ), is an affiliate of the University. Separate undergraduate programs for men ( Yeshiva College and the Sy Syms School Of Business ) and women ( Stern College For Women and the Sy Syms School of Business) combine traditional liberal arts and sciences studies with extensive Jewish Studies programs. Coeducation al graduate and professional programs are offered in numerous fields including medicine, at the Albert Einstein College Of Medicine ; law, at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law ; psychology, at the Ferkauff Graduate School ; Social Work, at the Wurzweiler School Of Social Work ; Jewish studies at the Bernard Revel Graduate School ; and Jewish education at the Azrieli Graduate School Of Jewish Education And Administration . The University is also affiliated with two yeshiva high schools, Samuel H. Wang Yeshiva University High School for Girls, located in Queens, and The Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy Yeshiva University High School for Boys, located on the school's Wilf Campus. HISTORY Yeshivat Etz Chaim, a Cheder -style elementary school, was founded on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1886 . It was the first yeshiva in America and had few secular studies in its curriculum. In 1896, to provide a school for Etz Chaim graduates, Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan ( RIETS ) (chartered in 1897 as the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary ) was founded. The two schools were always close, and they merged in 1915, first as the Rabbinical College of America, but then reverting to the RIETS name; the elementary division was phased out over the course of the 1920's as other schools opened. The first president of the newly-merged school was Rabbi Bernard (Dov) Revel . In 1916, he founded the first dual curriculum high school - the Talmudical Academy (now known as the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy (MSTA), blazing a path to what has become the norm in Orthodox Jewish circles. Yeshiva College was founded in 1928 as an expansion to stem the tide of TA graduates to secular colleges. Later that year, Yeshiva moved to its current location in Washington Heights . (The alternative location was in Morningside Heights , near the current location of the Jewish Theological Seminary and Columbia University .) Yeshiva attained university status in 1946 , under its second president, Rabbi Dr. Samuel Belkin . Over the following decades, new schools were opened, including a women's college and a medical school. In 1970 , Yeshiva revised its charter to become a secular university, changing the status of RIETS (the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary) and its high schools to "affiliates", despite vigorous student and faculty protest. In 2002 , Yeshiva again broke with tradition by appointing a layman (someone who is not an ordained rabbi), Richard M. Joel , as its fourth president, again over student and faculty protest, parallel to the departure of several Rabbis from the Rabbinic Staff, including one of the Roshei Yeshiva, Abba Bronspiegal . Yeshiva currently has over a dozen affiliated schools. Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm , who served as the university's third president, now serves in the dual position of Chancellor of the University and Rosh HaYeshiva ("head of the Yeshiva ") of RIETS. LOGO AND SLOGAN CONTROVERSY In late 2005, students and alumni petitioned against Mr. Joel, due to his decision to supplement the official Yeshiva University Logo , containing the words "Torah Umadda", with a new "flame logo". (Both symbols appear at the top of this page.) They were also protesting Joel's alleged changing of Y.U.'s motto to "Bringing Wisdom to Life." Joel countered that the motto of Yeshiva University will remain "Torah Umadda", and that "Bringing Wisdom to Life" is a marketing slogan. The latter is featured on the Y.U. website and on banners around the uptown campus. SEE ALSO
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