The American Association of University Professors has issued an open letter expressing "growing concern" about academic and personal freedoms at a controversial new liberal-arts campus in Singapore founded jointly by Yale University and the National University of Singapore. It is yet another demonstration of the unease among many academics with American universities' global ambitions.
The letter expresses concern with the "character and impact" of Yale's collaboration with Singapore's government to start the island nation's first liberal-arts institution, a partnership that has been the subject of heated debate among Yale faculty members. Approved by AAUP's committee on academic freedom and tenure, the document raises 16 separate issues, many about Singapore's record on political and civil liberties. Full story
