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Slipping Quality? Looking toward A.U.B.'s 2nd century, President Kirkwood foresees an expansion of its services to fast-developing Arab national universities; already A.U.B. operates an extension program in Kuwait. But some of its faculty contend that A.U.B. has already grown too large. The most outspoken critic is Philosophy Chairman Charles Malik, a former president of the U.N. General Assembly. He argues that A.U.B. has lost sight of "the values of a small college," and that the quality of both students and professors is slipping.
But having lived with dissension for so long, President Kirkwood believes, A.U.B. can survive its new problems. Confident of its future, the university has charted out a $25 million development program.