Strong plans to face numerous challenges at USJ

by Salim Daccache February 19, 2023

written by Salim Daccache February 19, 2023

In fact, the year 2023 for Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ) is a continuation of the implementation of a financial and social plan decided in 2022. It consists of a three-year partial recovery plan (up to 80 percent if it is possible) of the value of schooling of the 2018/2019 academic year, which is the bare minimum to make the university function properly. This is considering that the average in 2018/19 was about $12-13,000 per year with some 12,000 students. Some students, in light of the crisis, have not been taking the maximum credits because of commitments like jobs, or others do not have the means to pay the full tuition. This policy was decided by the Board of Trustees together with the university’s Financial and Academic Management. In addition to the financial measures, the plan has the following objectives: 1. To retain teaching and administrative staff by paying

Salim Daccache

Salim Daccache is the Rector of Saint Joseph University in Beirut. He holds a doctorate in Education Sciences with a thesis on values in Lebanese schools, defended at the University of Strasbourg (France) in 2011. He also holds a doctorate in Letters-Philosophy with a thesis on the Muslim kalam in the 10th century, defended at the University Panthéon-Sorbonne I in 1988. In addition to his position as Rector, he is President of the Association of Universities in Lebanon since 2020, full board member of the International Association of Universities (IAU) since 2016, editor of the Arabic cultural review Al-Machreq of the Society of Jesus since 1990 and Director of the Lebanese Group for Friendship and Christian-Muslim Dialogue (GLADIC). He holds a master’s degree in Theology and Philosophy from the Centre Sèvre – Facultés jésuite de Théologie et de Philosophie in France in 1983. He was ordained a priest on 9 April 1983 and has been a member of the Society of Jesus since 1975.

Strong plans to face numerous challenges at USJ

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