Around a year ago I published advice, that when deciding on a seminary, one should look very carefully into the program and who is running it.
There has recently been published an advertisement for a “new” seminary in Israel that states, using poetic form in the first person, that a “seminary with a name” and a “seminary focused on its reputation” are not things one wants.
I agree with the contrasted positive that one should want a “seminary that knows my name” and a “seminary concerned about my personal growth” but in my opinion the “name” of the institution and its reputation are also very important issues. If it is a new program, then the reputation of those in charge should trump.
It is good that this seminary – together with it’s new parallel boys’ yeshiva type program – has as the director, a well known educator from the USA.
One still needs to beware that this director had also publicly associated himself with a seminary that lasted only a year and managed to gain a very bad reputation during that time (although he was not involved much, as far as I know during that year). His seminary’s web page is very similar in style to the other one, and thus I would check very carefully who else is involved on a senior level, and to what extent.