Students and professors of the Yale-National University of Singapore (NUS) College will enjoy academic freedom, its newly-appointed president promised.
But that would be to the extent allowed by the laws of the city-state, which has been criticised by some quarters for curtailing human rights on freedom of speech and assembly.
“We’re going to guarantee academic freedom on campus and the right of students and scholars to talk, do the research they want to do, obviously within the laws of Singapore,” said Yale professor Pericles Lewis on Wednesday, when he was named inaugural president of the liberal arts college opening next year. Full story
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