SINGAPORE: Yale tie-up to proceed despite controversy

University World News, 3 Apr 2011
After months of controversy and deliberations over funding, the National University of Singapore and Yale University last week announced that they will establish a new autonomous Yale-NUS college within two years as Singapore's first liberal arts college based on the US model.
The partnership is seen as a major development in Singapore's aim to become a knowledge hub for Asia and for its ambitions to attract and nurture the region's top brains. Full story