Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore

reuters.com 29 Dec '12, 6am

Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore

By Stephanie Simon NEW HAVEN | Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:36pm EST NEW HAVEN (Reuters) - For more than 300 years, Yale University has prided itself on training top students to question and analyze, to challenge and critique. Now, Yale is seeking to export those values by establishing the first foreign campus to bear its name, a liberal arts college in Singapore that is set to open this summer. The ambitious, multimillion-dollar project thrills many in the Yale community who say it will help the university maintain its prestige and build global influence. But it has also stirred sharp criticism from faculty and human-rights advocates who say it is impossible to build an elite college dedicated to free inquiry in an authoritarian nation with heavy restrictions on public speech and assembly. "Yale's motto is 'Lux et veritas,' or 'Light and truth,'" said Michael Fischer, a Yale profes...

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@HodderIntl » 22 Jan '13, 11am
Yale to open campus in #Singapore is causing controversy [link]
@Walker_CT » 06 Jan '13, 5am
To what degree must foreign universities compromise values of academic freedom to operate in #Singapore [link]
@kwehner87 » 02 Jan '13, 10pm
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@scottsherman » 02 Jan '13, 1am
Lux et veritas. Yale goofs. or does it?[link]
@SSimonReuters » 31 Dec '12, 4pm
Should Yale open offshoot in Singapore? Can liberal arts flourish amid govt restrictions on speech, press, assembly? [link]
@CooleyOnEurasia » 31 Dec '12, 4am
Yale taking more and more mainstream media heat for Yale-NUS in #Singapore, political restrictions [link] @hrw
@melkaylan » 30 Dec '12, 5pm
"@emilydparker: "Yale Under Fire for New Campus in Restrictive Singapore" [link]"//so no campuses in most needed countries?
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Oops! RT @tunkuv Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore [link] via @emilydparker
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@SamLachman » 30 Dec '12, 6am
RT @nelsonjdiii: Hybrid universities like Yale-NUS College or Duke Kunshan Univ. raise Qs about free inquiry and cross-cultural values. [link]
@sinkid » 30 Dec '12, 6am
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@nelsonjdiii » 30 Dec '12, 5am
Hybrid universities like Yale-NUS College or Duke Kunshan Univ. raise Qs about free inquiry and cross-cultural values. [link]
@urbandata » 30 Dec '12, 3am
Reuters feature: Yale University under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore [link] #nhv #hesm #yale
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@iamJamille » 29 Dec '12, 11pm
RT @PhilippineStar: Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore [link] via @Reuters
@robstengel » 29 Dec '12, 10pm
“Miller has dubbed the venture ‘Frankenyale.’” RT @Reuters: Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore [link]
@barok94 » 29 Dec '12, 8pm
bad move, whos next...Harvard?@ANCALERTS Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore [link] | via @Reuters
@NewsonTweets » 29 Dec '12, 6pm
Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore [link] | v… [link] #anc
@shan_zhi » 29 Dec '12, 4pm
RT @TheAsianist: More on the #Yale NUS controversy, integrating #US and #Singapore perspectives: [link]
@EsterMel_ » 29 Dec '12, 4pm
RT @ANCALERTS: Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore [link] | via @Reuters
@TheAsianist » 29 Dec '12, 4pm
More on the #Yale NUS controversy, integrating #US and #Singapore perspectives: [link]
@globol10 » 29 Dec '12, 4pm
Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore -- @globol10 !! [link]
@DepletedO2 » 29 Dec '12, 2pm
Even Yale is following the $$$ - Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore #theytookourjobs [link]
@asukasukisu » 29 Dec '12, 2pm
Sounds perilous. RT Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore [link] via @reuters
@DBachYSOM » 29 Dec '12, 2pm
Debate is good and shows project's significance: "Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore" [link]
@NikkoChia » 29 Dec '12, 10am
Expected. "@Reuters: Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore [link]"
@lawgreece » 29 Dec '12, 9am
Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore [link] Δε θέλουμε ρε την ιδιωτική παιδεία σας να πάτε Σιγκαπούρη.
@arturobris » 29 Dec '12, 8am
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@arturobris » 29 Dec '12, 8am
RT @lucymarcus: Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore [link] question, analyze, challenge, critique? #edu #highered
@eugeneyap » 29 Dec '12, 7am
If the school here isn’t Yale, then isn’t it just branding? “Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore” [link]
@TomPorterSG » 29 Dec '12, 7am
There are many positives from this, hope it succeeds RT @Reuters: Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive S'pore [link]
@familyandmedia » 29 Dec '12, 7am
Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore - Reuters -- 06:08: [link]
@RieAmy » 29 Dec '12, 7am
RT @AudiKhalid: Yale Uni planning to open up first foreign branch in Singapore. [link]
@AudiKhalid » 29 Dec '12, 7am
Yale Uni planning to open up first foreign branch in Singapore. [link]
@lucymarcus » 29 Dec '12, 7am
Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore [link] question, analyze, challenge, critique? #edu #highered
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@jellybeany345 » 29 Dec '12, 7am
"@Reuters: Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore [link]" yeah yeah same old story... How is this news?
@KCL_CharlotteM » 29 Dec '12, 6am
Yale to open new 'Frankenyale' Liberal-Arts focused campus with NUS in Singapore [link] @Reuters...
@buddravi » 29 Dec '12, 6am
Singapore-Yale: [link]
@rggoobi » 29 Dec '12, 6am
Yale to open its 1st foreign campus in Singapore this summer via @Reuters --->> [link]
@edithhonan » 29 Dec '12, 6am
Interesting story from @ssimonreuters “@Reuters: Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore [link]”