OPINION: Will Alan Shadrake verdict affect Yale's plan to set up a college in Singapore? - Ben Bland

Asian Correspondent, 20 Oct 2010
Yale University is in the final stages of discussions with the National University of Singapore to set up a "liberal arts college" in a state not exactly famed for its promotion of academic freedom.
A number of Yale academics have kicked up a stink about the deal, which they fear will boost the university's coffers at the expense of its reputation for independent academic inquiry.
In a prospectus designed to reassure weary dons, Yale's president and provost say they were "greatly concerned" by the arrest of Shadrake. Full story

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