In
the field of education, most Middle East societies, including the Lebanese, are
sitting atop a volcano.
According
to the Times
Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-2013
powered by Thomson Reuters - which are the only global university performance
tables to judge world class universities across all of their core missions (teaching,
research, knowledge transfer and international outlook), employing 13 carefully
calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and
balanced comparisons available, which are trusted by students, academics,
university leaders, industry and governments -, the American University of
Beirut is ranked 87 in Asia (Asia University Rankings 2013 Top 100).
According
to the Webometrics
of Top 100 Arab World Universities, 2012 (Academia.edu):
American
University of Beirut: no. 6 (World Rank: 1080)
Université
Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth: no. 31 (World Rank: 2303)
Lebanese
American University: no.33 (World Rank: 2346)
Université
Libanaise: no.41 (World Rank: 3069)
Notre
Dame University: no.84 (World Rank: 5521)
According
to University
Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) 2012 – Research Laboratory established at Informatics
Institute of Middle East Technical University in 2009; developed a ranking
system for the world universities based on academic performances which
determined by quality and quantity of scholarly publications -, Lebanese
universities do not appear on the 250 institutions’ list.
According to the 2012-2013 QS World University
Rankings, the American University of Beirut is ranked 250 and
Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth 501-550.
Lebanon
is already facing instability on all levels due to a diversity of internal and
external factors; still, it could face more political and social instability if
it under-invests in the education of its young generations.
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