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Why do we need Yale NUS?
We have two of the world’s top universities in NUS and NTU, why is there a need for a Yale NUS? Are we going to have Cambridge NUS, Harvard NUS, MIT NTU, Oxford NTU? Should not the effort and resources be poured into NUS and NTU to make them greater and better universities? By having joint universities, they are going to draw more of the limited good students we have and will only dilute the quality of the NUS and NTU. A good university is not only about having good infrastructure and good academic staff, it also needs good quality students. Oh sorry, I forgot that we can get all the good students from third world countries to fill up the places to raise the standard of the universities.
If Yale NUS is just a commercial money making university, to bring in the foreign student dollars, that is a slightly different matter. But as another full fledge govt funded university, it will definitely put a dent to the quality and eventually the stature of NUS and NTU as good national universities. Would it then be better for Yale NUS to outshine NUS and NTU with the two losing their shine and rankings?
For the cost of setting up this joint university, this is not a small amount. Do we really need this university? Who is it supposed to cater to? Foreign students or to feed more foreign academics? And what would the students get, an Yale degree that is not Yale and a NUS degree that is not NUS.
AiyaI graduate also can not compete with India or Philippines universities some more very expensive. My advice is to save the money
ReplyDelete"...why is there a need for a Yale NUS?"
ReplyDeleteredbean
For the same reasons why we need many foreign talents lah.
Just as NUS and NTU are the world's top universities, I am sure there are also top Sinkie talents of world standard, tio bo?
But that doesn't mean there are enough talents what.
So just like we need more top foreign talents, we also need more top foreign universities lah.
Actually where PAP policies are concerned, their logic is quite simple lah, although not that acceptable, especially to ordinary Sinkies who are not scholars and not rich.
Singaporeans do not need Yale-NUS.
ReplyDeletePAPigs need Yale-NUS.
For what, I don't know.
It's part of their pro Alien political philosophy.
They despise anything that is Singaporean.
Where good things are concerned, there will never be enough.
ReplyDeleteGood things like money, top foreign universities, foreign talents etc.
Not to forget, good opposition and ready to be alternative when needed. Now don't even have, let alone enough.
/// why is there a need for a Yale NUS?" ///
ReplyDeleteWithout Yale, the Alumnus of NUS will be known as ANUS - which is not very nice, don't you think?
With Yale in the equation, the Alumnus will henceforth be known as AYNUS.
Y-ANUS?
ReplyDeleteThe PAP gahmen is the army.
ReplyDeleteAnd the army is the PAP gahmen.
Is that why we have so many generals & admirals in parliaments?
True or false?
Whence Marshall Law is imposed due to Freak Election Result, then it will be TOO LATE for Sinkies to realize that Singapore is owned by PAP.
DeleteHopefully there are some TRUE blue sinkie officers who dared to lead their men to fight against their orders.
DeleteIt's the reputation of the name.
ReplyDeleteJust like in the old days, took the Senior CAMBRIDGE exam, i.e. "Assessment by Cambridge University".
Maybe Yale hackers managed to obtain some dirty secrets of someone and threatened to be part of nus so that they can assess the big pool of education budget? It is all about money.
ReplyDeleteThe people making decisions in NUS and also for this Yale-NUS venture are mostly Malaysians.
ReplyDeleteThey opened their arms widely to welcome their own people (by that I mean Malaysians) and the Angmos from USA. Singaporeans do not have a chance in employment in this venture except for those A*star Scholars who lanlan have to stay in Singapore to serve their bond.