American Education Abroad…

At today’s Opening Ceremony at the American University of Beirut, President Peter Dorman gave a talk on “American Education in a Turbulent Middle East.” With so much instability in the region, our role as educators feels more important than ever. Calling the liberal arts education model the “one unacknowledged American intervention in the Middle East that can be deemed a shining success,” President Dorman noted: “The American liberal arts educational model is still regarded as the gold standard in the Arab world, and may well be the tool that will help the region fight radicalism, promote pluralism, and produce enlightened and skilled individuals who will help develop the region.” Today’s official ceremony was live-tweeted, and reached over 30,000 Twitter accounts. To read more about today’s talk, please click here.