With Opening Near, Yale Defends Singapore Venture


The New York Times, 27 Aug 2012
An editorial last month in The Yale Daily News, a paper produced by undergraduates, criticized the administration for not detailing what constraints Singaporean students would face. It singled out Dr. Lewis and the university president, Richard Levin, stating that “neither president has offered a clear explanation of the new college’s policies, making it disappointingly clear that freedom is an afterthought to Yale’s venture into Singapore.”
Some of the strongest criticism has come from academics at Yale’s campus in New Haven, Connecticut, as well as from rights groups. Full story