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Singapore Ends its Experiment in Liberal Education

No reason given for end of Yale collaboration with NUS

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John Berthelsen
Aug 28, 2021
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The 10-year experiment in liberal education between Singapore and the US’s Yale University, which has never been comfortable, is about to end, according to a statement by Tan Eng Chye, the president of National University of Singapore.

Instead, Yale-NUS will be combined with the University Scholars Program into a single New College.…

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