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Feb. 5 2012


Perspective
Academic Freedom at the National University of Singapore
By Joshua Gill   
Feb. 1 2012
This note is a response to this article: Yale Daily News - Vincoli: No student freedom at NUS

When I first read my friend Walker's article about the lack of academic freedom in Singapore I was a little taken aback at the hostility of the argument. I too studied in Singapore on the same Joint Degree Program as he did, and I hold an entirely different perspective on the matter.

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Community Engagement at NUS: New media shows promise
By Florence Tang   
Nov. 2 2011
Professor Tan Eng Chye is a busy man. As provost and vice president of academic affairs at the National University of Singapore, his week is packed with a plethora of engagements – mostly meetings – with the administrative staff, faculty or students to plan for academic policies or gather feedback on existing programmes.

While these engagements rarely stretch beyond office hours, a new initiative now sees him spending even evenings and Saturdays connecting with students – not over a cup of tea in his office, but on his new blog.

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Cashing in on the debate: Will residential living cost the USP its community?
By Ma Anyi   
Oct. 26 2011
A series of articles published on the Kent Ridge Common about the “prohibitive cost” of the University Scholars Programme have generated considerable interest both within and outside of the USP community.

The articles explore the possible cost barrier that the programme might now be to the lower income group. The now-compulsory residential living element of the programme might, as the KRC writers say, turn the USP into a “middle-upper socioeconomic cluster”.

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