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103-711: Yale-NUS College is a liberal arts college in Singapore . Established in 2011 as a collaboration between Yale University and the National University of Singapore , it is the first liberal arts college in Singapore and one of the first few in Asia. With an average acceptance rate of 5.2%, it is among the most selective institutions in the world. Yale-NUS was the first institution outside New Haven, Connecticut that Yale University had developed in its 300-year history, making Yale one of

206-530: A Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours or a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours from Yale-NUS College, conferred by NUS. In August 2021, it was announced that Yale-NUS College will be merged with the NUS University Scholars Programme to form a new interdisciplinary honours college, with the Class of 2025 being the last cohort of Yale-NUS students. According to Pericles Lewis , this decision

309-600: A Lithuanian born Jew who emigrated to Jerusalem where he was called "The Londoner," due to the time he spent living in London. Simchah was the son of Eliyahu Soloveitchik , an uncle to the famous scholar Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, known as the Beis Halevi . This part of the family's origins trace to Kaunas (Kovno/Slobodka), Lithuania and then Volozhin, Belarus. As a freshman at Stanford, Salovey began listening to bluegrass music and learned to play banjo . In 1990, he founded

412-837: A high school education. Effat University in Saudi Arabia, a women's institution, is a member of the Global Liberal Arts Alliance. Israel's first liberal arts college, Shalem College , was established in 2013. Three institutions in Africa are members of the Global Liberal Arts Alliance: Al Akhawayn University in Morocco, American University of Cairo in Egypt, and American University of Nigeria . The Egyptian and Nigerian schools are universities with

515-438: A peer counselor with The Bridge Peer Counseling Center, a field about which he later co-authored a textbook. After graduating from Stanford, Salovey moved to New Haven, Connecticut , to pursue doctoral studies in psychology at Yale University under the guidance of Judith Rodin . He completed a dissertation entitled "The Effects of Mood and Focus of Attention on Self-Relevant Thoughts and Helping Intention" and an internship at

618-566: A Double Degree programme in Law and Liberal Arts for those seeking a broad liberal arts education in addition to their professional training in the law. Yale-NUS and the Duke-NUS Medical School , Singapore's first US-style graduate-entry medical school, jointly offer the Liberal Arts and Medicine pathway, giving select Yale-NUS students a conditional admission offer from Duke-NUS to proceed to

721-536: A Europe-based, US-style liberal arts college in 1969, Saint Louis University Madrid Campus , established in 1967, and Richmond, The American International University in London , established in 1972 only recently have efforts been made to import the American liberal arts college model to Europe. In the Netherlands, universities have opened constituent liberal arts colleges under the terminology " university college " since

824-402: A bathroom. These small-scale communities are arranged vertically in residential towers, which contain both student suites and faculty apartments. Floors are grouped into neighbourhoods, every alternate floor equipped with its own skygarden, a landscaped outdoor space for high-rise buildings that was pioneered in Singapore. The residential community includes a rector (equivalent to the position of

927-476: A central campus green flanked by academic and administrative buildings. The campus was designed by architectural firms Pelli Clarke Pelli and Forum Architects (a Singaporean architecture studio), who state that "its architectural style blends the collegiate traditions of Yale with the Southeast Asian cultures through its modernist style ornamented by metalwork patterns inspired by southeast Asian textiles." Unlike

1030-457: A college master at Yale), a vice rector, faculty fellows, advisors, rector's aides, and distinguished visiting fellows. Students will expand their social and leadership skills while enjoying the support of "nested academic communities." Kyle Farley, formerly dean of Jonathan Edwards College at Yale, served as the first dean of students of the college. Brian McAdoo, a geologist and expert in environment studies, formerly of Vassar College , served as

1133-1176: A commitment to truth and reconciliation with indigenous communities. Most liberal arts colleges are private institutions, but a handful of public liberal arts schools exist (such as the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia). According to U.S. News & World Report , the top ten ranked Liberal Arts Colleges in America for 2022 were: Williams College , Amherst College , Swarthmore College , Pomona College , Wellesley College , Bowdoin College , United States Naval Academy , Claremont McKenna College , Carleton College , and Middlebury College , based on institutional stats and proprietary questionnaires . Liberal arts colleges in Canada include Acadia University , Bishop's University , Glendon College of York University , Mount Allison University , St. Francis Xavier University , St. Thomas University , Trent University , University of Lethbridge , and

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1236-449: A liberal arts component, but Al Akhawayn was founded on the model of an American liberal arts college. Ashesi University is a liberal arts college located in Berekuso, Ghana , established in 2002. The school's president, Patrick Awuah , described the school's mission as "educating a new generation of leaders in Africa who think ethically and who are problem solvers and have the ability and

1339-652: A merger between Yale-NUS College and the NUS University Scholars Programme. Kalayaan College in the Philippines is one of the best examples of a liberal arts college in the country. Located in the New Manila district of Quezon City , it was founded in 2000 by former educators from the University of the Philippines led by José Abueva , President of the University from 1987 to 1993 and current Chairman of

1442-402: A number of set courses in their first year of study. The common curriculum is reviewed every four years. Following its inaugural review, the common curriculum was reduced to 10 courses, with the removal of a science course. The Yale-NUS common curriculum is a set of interconnected courses designed to provide all students with a shared, intensive exploration of themes and topics ranging across all

1545-530: A number of student newspapers, magazines and journals. Publications include The Octant , Yale-NUS's most established publication, The Mocktant , its satirical counterpart, Tònes , a multilingual magazine, and the Yale-NUS Society for Academic Research, which publishes academic journals. The Yale-NUS campus is adjacent to NUS University Town and the college moved to this permanent campus in July 2015. It consists of

1648-411: A philosophy professor; and Lynette Chua , a law professor, served as subsequent rectors of the residential colleges. As the first-years transitioned into the collegiate living experience, they were originally aided by Dean's Fellows, a group of recent college graduates picked from various higher educational backgrounds, including Amherst, Carleton, Princeton, Reed, Mt. Holyoke, Yale, and NUS. As of 2017,

1751-995: A proper college in the SNU, it has become the only college that allows students to create their own major. Liberal arts colleges in India include undergraduate UG or bachelor's degree/diploma and postgraduate PG or master's degree/diploma as well as doctoral PhD and postdoctoral studies and research, in this academic discipline. The highly ranked IIT Guwahati offers a "Master's Degree in Liberal Arts" . There are also programs such as Ajeenkya DY Patil University in Pune , India , Forman Christian College in Lahore , Pakistan , Aga Khan University and Habib University in Karachi , Pakistan and FLAME University in Pune , Maharashtra , India , referred to as India's 'first college of Liberal Education '. The University

1854-503: A rising continent. In fact, Yale would be doing the cause of liberty a disservice by dropping the project." Since its founding Yale-NUS has hosted a number of controversial events on its campus, including screening banned documentaries and hosting conversations with activists. Liberal arts college There is no formal definition of a liberal arts college, but one American authority defines them as schools that "emphasize undergraduate education and award at least half of their degrees in

1957-430: A semester elsewhere. Yale-NUS's student life is modelled on the residential colleges of Yale . There are three residential colleges named Saga, Elm and Cendana. Each has its own dining hall, courtyard, student suites, sky-gardens, faculty residences, study-spaces, intramural teams, and butteries, informal student-run eateries that are a Yale tradition. Students live in suites of six single rooms that share common space and

2060-534: A specialty in non-technical coursework. It may also sometimes refer to a university college within or affiliated with a larger university. Most liberal arts colleges outside the United States follow this model. Liberal arts colleges are distinguished from other types of higher education chiefly by their generalist curricula and small size. These attributes have various secondary effects in terms of administration as well as student experience. For example, class size

2163-574: A suburb of Buffalo , New York , before moving to suburban Los Angeles in 1975, when his father was appointed a professor at the University of Southern California. In 1976, he graduated co-valedictorian from Rolling Hills High School in Rolling Hills Estates, California . He attended Stanford University , where he received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in psychology and a Master of Arts in sociology with departmental honors and university distinction. While at Stanford, he served as

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2266-623: A synthesis of the ways that ideas and creative works of East and West intersect historically as well as conceptually with each other." A group of professors critical of the project characterise the endeavour of "globalizing" a "specious one," saying that the graduates "will have to be conformist, dissent-averse managers and executives who serve the global profit motive." Marvin Chun, the master of Berkeley College and educated in South Korea, disagreed, asking "Will Yale-NUS be denied to numerous students around

2369-497: A variety of backgrounds. Fees were cohort-based and individual circumstances will be considered in the financial aid application process. The admission timeline was similar to that of colleges and universities in the US. Yale-NUS targeted a class size of around 250 students; this threshold was met with the Class of 2022. Application deadlines were typically in January and March. At full capacity,

2472-471: Is a member of the Global Liberal Arts Alliance has also recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU ) with Nuffield College , University of Oxford . Also, Ahmedabad University , a private, non-profit university offers its students a liberal education which is focused on research and interdisciplinary learning . Baghdad College has offered a liberal arts curriculum since the early 20th century, but despite its name it has never offered more than

2575-647: Is married to Marta Elisa Moret, a 1984 graduate of the Yale School of Public Health, former Deputy Commissioner for the Connecticut Department of Social Services, and the president of Urban Policy Strategies, LLC. She is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Public Health at Southern Connecticut State University. They met as students at Yale and married in 1986 in Orange, Connecticut . Salovey's brother Todd

2678-607: Is one of the early pioneers in emotional intelligence . Salovey was born in 1958 in Cambridge, Massachusetts to a Jewish family. He is the oldest child of Elaine Salovey, who was a registered nurse , and Ronald Salovey, who was a physical chemist and professor of chemical engineering and materials science at the University of Southern California . Salovey spent his early years in New Providence , New Jersey , and attended high school at Williamsville North High School in

2781-569: Is the School of Liberal Arts at Christian Heritage College located in Brisbane. It offers a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts in which students can choose to major in Philosophy, Theology, History or Literature. A new School of Liberal Arts has been formed in the University of Wollongong ; the new Arts course entitled 'Western Civilisation' was first offered in 2020. The interdisciplinary curriculum focuses on

2884-662: Is the first Yale president since 1986 to live in the President's House, the formal residence of the university president. On August 31, 2023, in the 11th year of his tenure, Salovey announced that he planned to step down as President of Yale University and return to the Yale faculty on June 30, 2024. In recognition of Salovey's research contributions, Salovey has received the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award ,

2987-612: Is usually much lower at liberal arts colleges than at universities, and faculty at liberal arts colleges typically focus on teaching more than research. From a student perspective, a liberal arts college typically differs from other forms of higher education in the following areas: higher overall student satisfaction, a general feeling that professors take a personal interest in the student's education, and perception of encouragement to participate in discussion. Many students select liberal arts colleges with precisely this sense of personal connection in mind. From an administrative standpoint,

3090-582: The American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Salovey's grandparents' families originally came from Poland , Jerusalem , and Austria . The Saloveys are descendants of the Soloveitchik rabbinic family . His paternal grandfather, Yitzchak Leib was born in Jerusalem in 1895 to a community worker and pharmacist named Zalman Yoseph Soloveitchik (b. 1874). Zalman Yoseph was the son of Simchah (c. 1830-1921),

3193-862: The Ernesto de la Cárcova Museum . From 1983 to 2013 the institute was part of the IUNA National University Institute for the Arts, and since 2014, the Ruanova Institute of Performing Arts and Higher Education, named after Maria Ruanova , became part of the UNA Universidad Nacional de las Artes , (UNA) National University of the Arts With the exception of pioneering institutions such as Franklin University Switzerland , established as

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3296-634: The Faculty of Humanities, Charles University , a part of Charles University started providing liberal arts education in 1994 as the Institute for Liberal Education and gained full academic autonomy in 2000. Although liberal arts colleges as such remain rare, liberal arts degree programs are beginning to establish themselves in Europe. For example, University College Dublin offers the degree, as does St. Marys University College Belfast , both institutions coincidentally on

3399-475: The Global Liberal Arts Alliance , an international consortium and "matching service" to help liberal arts colleges in different countries deal with their shared problems. Keep in mind, U.S. News & World Report no longer provides rankings for liberal arts colleges at "global" universities. These colleges are members of the top 2,000 universities U.S. News & World Report ranks around

3502-858: The Leuphana University of Lüneburg with their Bachelor program Studium Individuale and the University College Freiburg in Germany. Bard College Berlin was founded in Berlin in 1999 as the European College of Liberal Arts, and in 2009 it introduced a 4-year Bachelor of Arts program in Value Studies taught in English and leading to an interdisciplinary degree in the humanities. In the Czech Republic,

3605-564: The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test . Salovey's second vein of research is in health psychology, where he has applied social psychology principles to investigate the efficacy of health messaging in promoting HIV risk reduction, early cancer detection, and smoking cessation. In all, Salovey has authored or edited thirteen books translated into eleven languages and published more than 350 journal articles and essays. Outside Yale, Salovey has served on

3708-673: The National Cancer Institute CIS Partner in Research Award, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Excellence Award. The Division of Health Psychology (Division 38) of the American Psychological Association recognized him with its Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology by a Senior Professional Award. He has received two awards for excellence in teaching at Yale,

3811-906: The National Science Foundation 's Social Psychology Advisory Panel, the National Institute of Mental Health Behavioral Science Working Group, and the NIMH National Advisory Mental Health Council. Salovey served as President of the Society for General Psychology and Treasurer of the International Society for Research on Emotion. He was the founding editor of the Review of General Psychology and an associate editor of Emotion and Psychological Bulletin . Having served in various administrative roles within

3914-891: The University of California campuses in Santa Cruz and San Diego , developed a cluster colleges model in which small liberal-arts-college-like units within a larger university form a "honeycomb of residential colleges ". In addition, some universities have maintained a sub-unit that preserves many aspects of the liberal arts college, such as Columbia College within Columbia University. Liberal arts colleges themselves sometimes cluster to offer greater curricular breadth or share other resources (for instance Colgate University and Hamilton College in New York allow cross enrollment). In academia, liberal arts generally refer to subjects or skills that aim to provide general knowledge and comprise

4017-514: The University of King's College . The leading organization is the National Institute of Educators of Liberal Arts and Artistic Education "Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado en Artes" located in Buenos Aires , Argentina, initially created in 1923 by Ernesto de la Cárcova , under the name "Escuela Nacional Superior de Bellas Artes", the original school of Liberal Arts building became

4120-731: The Yale World Fellows and the Center for the Study of Globalization , and joining the International Alliance of Research Universities . Administrators at Yale began considering international campus expansion in 2006, and initially approached the United Arab Emirates about establishing an arts institute on Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island , developed in collaboration with the university's arts professional schools. After Yale indicated that it

4223-459: The 'New College'. The closure was made without any consultation with faculty, most senior administrators, and students due to sensitivities between both universities. According to Yale Daily News , the "National University of Singapore’s one-sided decision to push Yale out of the universities’ joint college surprised Yale administrators, who were subsequently forced to accept the change". Yale University also stated that either party can withdraw from

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4326-478: The 19th century; some 212 small liberal arts colleges were established between 1850 and 1899. As of 1987, there were about 540 liberal arts colleges in the United States. The oldest liberal arts college in America is considered to be Washington College , the first college chartered after American independence. Other prominent examples in the United States include the so-called Little Ivy colleges in New England ,

4429-817: The Association of Yale Alumni (AYA). As Yale affiliates, Yale-NUS alumni are not eligible for membership to the Yale Club of Singapore. However, they are eligible for membership at the Yale Club of New York . Yale-NUS has its own Alumni Affairs Council and is working to establish a Yale-NUS Club of Singapore. Since graduating its first class in June 2017, Yale-NUS alumni have won several post-graduate awards, including three Rhodes Scholars , two Fulbright Scholars , six Schwarzman Scholars , four Yenching Scholars , two Knight-Henessy Scholars , one Quad Fellow, and an Ertegun Graduate Scholar in

4532-483: The College Mascot in 2017. The Yale-NUS College Mascot – 'Halcyon' – emerged as a representation of the blue-eared kingfisher species found rarely in Singapore. The orange-and-blue mascot, colours of Yale-NUS, found ready acceptance as it also encapsulates the core identity of a young academic institution in quick and confident ascension, ready to take on the world. The mascot was ratified by the student body on April 7, 2016, after three rounds of voting. Since ratification,

4635-420: The College was ISO 45001 (Safety) and ISO 14001 (Environment) certified, and garnered a recertification for ISO 41001 (Facilities management). Upon graduation, Yale-NUS alumni will have access to alumni benefits provided by Yale-NUS College, Yale University, and the National University of Singapore. Graduates will receive alumni membership of National University of Singapore and will be international affiliates in

4738-593: The Dean's Fellow role changed, with Residential College Advisors providing pastoral care and programmatic organising for smaller groups of first-years and Dean's Fellows providing this for the rest of the student body alongside other institutional work. In 2020, Residential Life Officers (RLOs) were appointed in place of Dean's Fellows. The RLOs work full-time on student care, community building and other responsibilities in their assigned Residential College. Yale-NUS has over 50 student organisations for students to build on their interests or pursue new passions. The college has

4841-459: The Department of Psychology for a decade, Salovey was appointed dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in January 2003. In 2004, he replaced Richard Brodhead as dean of Yale College. In October 2008, he succeeded Andrew Hamilton as provost of Yale University. As Provost, Salovey oversaw major budget reductions caused by the 2008 recession , expansion of Yale's West Campus, the formation of Yale–NUS College , reform of tenure policies for

4944-454: The Double Degree Programme with Law. The college also offers three independent minors: Global Antiquity, Chinese Studies, and Innovation and Design. The college's first graduating class (Class of 2017 – excluding those still completing their concurrent degree programmes, amongst others) comprises 119 students. 103 students graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and 16 with a Bachelor of Science with Honours. The largest five majors among

5047-496: The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and an overhaul of sexual misconduct grievance procedures . Speculation that Salovey was being considered for the Yale presidency began nearly four years before President Rick Levin 's August 2012 retirement announcement. After a nationwide search in which Salovey was widely considered to be the frontrunner, the Yale Corporation announced his selection as Yale's 23rd president in November 2012. Salovey took office on July 1, 2013. Salovey

5150-434: The Humanities also launched a new liberal education programme. The four-year bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences at University College Freiburg is the first of its kind in Germany. It started in October 2012 with 78 students. The first Liberal Arts degree program in Sweden was established at Gothenburg University in 2011, followed by a Liberal Arts Bachelor Programme at Uppsala University 's Campus Gotland in

5253-399: The Humanities. As of 2024, over 1,300 students from the college's first seven cohorts have graduated, and are living and working across five continents in cities as diverse as Boston, Dublin, Lagos, London, Melbourne, New York, Seattle, and Seoul, in addition to Singapore. Based on the 2023 Joint Graduate Employment Survey, about 9 in 10 fresh graduates from Yale-NUS College's Class of 2023 in

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5356-721: The Institution for Social and Policy Studies. He is currently the Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology. Salovey's most significant research contributions are in the field of emotional intelligence. With John D. Mayer he significantly expanded the scope of the concept and authored several of the field's seminal papers, arguing that people have wide ranging abilities pertaining to emotional control, reasoning, and perceptivity. Against earlier theories of intelligence that conceived of emotion as rival to reasoning, Salovey and Mayer contended that emotion could motivate productive outcomes when properly directed. Subsequently, he has worked to develop models and tests of emotional intelligence, such as

5459-452: The KC Board of Trustees. It offers the same kind of education provided by UP to qualified students who are unable to enter the country's premier state university because of its limited college quotas. The curriculum and grading system is patterned after the academic programs and the grade structure offered by the University of the Philippines and is composed of administrators and faculty members who graduated from UP, and/or are also members of

5562-583: The MD programme directly after the Yale-NUS bachelors programme. Duke-NUS has also expressed interest in admitting Yale-NUS graduates for their PhD and MD/PhD degree programmes. Yale-NUS offers four Special and Concurrent Degree Programmes: The Yale-NUS Centre for International and Professional Experience integrates traditionally separate and often silo-ed components of experience based learning (such as study abroad, summer sessions, internships, career services, leadership and service programming, research attachments) under one roof. The Week 7 program takes place in

5665-472: The Professors of Bluegrass with Kelly Brownell , in which he plays bass . The band has a rotating membership of Yale faculty, students, and residents of New Haven and released its first album, "Pick or Perish," in June 2013. He served as a trustee of the International Bluegrass Music Museum and on the advisory board of the Connecticut Folk Festival. He now is a trustee of the International Bluegrass Music Association Foundation for bluegrass music. Salovey

5768-445: The UP academic community. Sogang University was founded as South Korea 's first liberal arts college. In 1960, Jesuits founded Sogang College. Although, it became Sogang University in 1970, it is still following model of American liberal arts college in many aspects. Seoul National University in South Korea established the College of Liberal Studies in 2007, initially as an educational project. However, after being established as

5871-423: The West Haven Veterans Administration Medical Center. He graduated from Yale University with a Doctor of Philosophy in 1986. After graduating with a doctorate, Salovey joined the Yale Department of Psychology as an assistant professor . He was appointed full professor in 1995 and now has secondary faculty appointments in Yale's School of Management , School of Public Health , the Department of Sociology, and

5974-427: The William Clyde DeVane Medal and the Lex Hixon '63 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Social Sciences. Salovey also received honorary degrees from the University of Pretoria , Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Harvard University , McGill University , National Tsing Hua University , University of Haifa , and Vytautas Magnus University , as well as being awarded membership in the National Academy of Medicine and

6077-418: The Yale-NUS Student Government held focus group discussions to gather feedback on the mascot design and name. The name Halcyon emerged from one of these student focus group discussions. Observers in The New York Times and The Chronicle of Higher Education see Yale's move as part of a larger movement of the globalisation of higher education. Yale faced criticism for its involvement in Singapore because of

6180-406: The academic disciplines, from science to the humanities. In his book, titled "In Defense of a Liberal Education," Fareed Zakaria describes the Yale-NUS Curriculum Report as the 21st century version of the Yale Report of 1828, which set the agenda for the classical curriculum of the 19th century, and the Harvard Red Book of 1945, which set a similar agenda for the 20th. Students choose their majors at

6283-414: The arts, humanities, general sciences, and social sciences (rather than professional or technical skills). Most liberal arts colleges, however, also offer courses in subjects that are not traditionally considered part of the liberal arts, such as computer science. Liberal arts colleges are found in all parts of the world. Notwithstanding the European origins of the concept of liberal arts education, today

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6386-461: The autumn of 2013. Liberal arts colleges in Italy include John Cabot University and The American University of Rome in Rome. The University College of North Staffordshire, founded in 1950 in the United Kingdom, was frequently referred to as the "Keele Experiment" because of its innovative curriculum and emphasis on a scholarly community resident together on campus. The college became Keele University in 1962 and continues to reflect many features of

6489-582: The board of directors for American Express make American Express a part of Yale." Haun Saussy stated says that "It’s in the spirit of the motto "Lux et veritas" — my light is not diminished when my neighbour lights his candle at mine, and a truth becomes more powerful, not less, when it is shared." In spring 2012, the Yale College faculty passed a resolution stating, "We urge Yale-NUS to respect, protect and further principles of non-discrimination for all, including sexual minorities and migrant workers; and to uphold civil liberty and political freedom on campus and in

6592-483: The broader society". In the summer, prompted by a Wall Street Journal report that students would not be allowed to stage protests or form political parties, Human Rights Watch stated that it disapproved such restrictions. John Riady , an associate professor of law at the Pelita Harapan University in Indonesia, defended the venture, stating that "Singapore and Asia are in the middle of great transitions, and Yale has an opportunity to shape that process and put its stamp on

6695-634: The classic intellectual and artistic literature of the Western tradition . Courses in the liberal arts have also been developed at the University of Sydney and University of Notre Dame . Peter Salovey Peter Salovey ( / ˈ s æ l ə v eɪ / ; born February 21, 1958) is an American social psychologist and former academic administrator . He served as the 23rd president of Yale University from 2013 to 2024. He previously served as provost of Yale University from 2008 to 2013, dean of Yale College from 2004 to 2008, and dean of Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences from 2003 to 2004. Salovey

6798-409: The college from 2025. The decision was made by NUS without input from many senior figures at Yale University, NUS, and Yale-NUS. Yale-NUS President Tan Tai Yong described the decision to shut down the college as a fait accompli. A petition titled "#NoMoreTopDown" is drafted and calls for the reversal of the decision. It receives over 10,000 signatures. The Class of 2025, admitted in 2021, would be

6901-418: The college “exceeded expectations” in terms of attracting talented students and faculty. The Yale-NUS class of 2025 was the final round of admissions offered by the institution. The founding instruction committee decided to implement a common curriculum, a set of interlinked courses for all students. Similar to the core curricula at Columbia University and University of Chicago , students get to choose from

7004-417: The curriculum; computation, computer simulations and interpretation of large data sets; and the honing of quantitative, communication and other skills." Howard Bloch , a Sterling Professor of French , said that "As a nexus between India, China and the West, Singapore’s location favors an important conceptual realignment of the humanities that will be a long time coming to the home campus in New Haven — that is,

7107-418: The decision, surprising Yale administrators who "were confident that Yale-NUS was living up to its ambitions". Despite previous assurances that Yale-NUS would not be affected by the launching of NUS's College of Humanities and Sciences, NUS later announced in August 2021 that the college would close, being merged with the University Scholars Programme to form an interdisciplinary college tentatively referred to as

7210-454: The desire to confront problems on the continent". Campion College is a Roman Catholic dedicated liberal arts college located in the western suburbs of Sydney. Founded in 2006, it is the first tertiary educational liberal arts college of its kind in Australia. Campion offers a Bachelor of Arts in the Liberal Arts as its sole undergraduate degree. The key disciplines studied are history, literature, philosophy and theology. The Millis Institute

7313-451: The end of their second year. Currently, there are 14 major fields of study. 31% of the courses are part of the common curriculum, 34% are required by the major, and 35% are electives and prerequisites for the major. Students could declare their minors after the end of their second year. Currently, there are 13 minor fields of study. The fields correspond to Yale-NUS's existing majors, with the exception of Philosophy, Politics and Economics and

7416-509: The first American Ivy League schools to establish a college bearing its name in Asia. Yale-NUS is a four-year, fully residential undergraduate institution. The first class, the class of 2017, consisted of 157 students entering in 2013. At full capacity, the college has 250 students in each class. Students select their majors at the end of their second year, after two years of the Yale-NUS Common Curriculum. Students graduate with

7519-480: The given reasons for the initiative were "develop[ing] a novel curriculum spanning Western and Asian cultures" and better preparing students for "an interconnected, interdependent global environment". Yale-NUS College was officially launched in April 2011. In July 2012, the college held its ground-breaking ceremony; it enrolled its first class of students in 2013. Yale-NUS inaugurated its campus on October 12, 2015. The event

7622-558: The government's restrictions on freedom of assembly and ban on homosexual activity. Fareed Zakaria , a CNN host and fellow of the Yale Corporation at the time, supported the venture, saying that "Singapore has a great deal to learn from America, and NUS has a great deal to learn from Yale." Tommy Koh , former Singaporean Ambassador to the United Nations , called it a "timely and visionary initiative." Faculty expressed themselves in

7725-476: The history of lack of respect for civil and political rights in the state of Singapore". In response, many existing faculty and students have noted that there has been little repression of freedom of expression at the college and that it provides a great opportunity to promote the liberal arts in Asia. In August 2021, NUS announced the closure of Yale-NUS College, with the Class of 2025 being the last cohort to receive an NUS degree. It will be replaced by NUS College,

7828-399: The inaugural rector and was rector of Elm college, while Eduardo Lage-Otero, formerly of Trinity College, was named inaugural vice-rector and later served as vice-rector of Saga College. Yale-NUS faculty members Derek Heng, a historian; Neil Clarke , a biochemist; Steven Bernasek , a chemist and former Executive Vice President (Academic Affairs); Khoo Hoon Eng, a toxicologist, Amber Carpenter,

7931-566: The island of Ireland. In 2010 the University of Winchester introduced its Modern Liberal Arts undergraduate program, the first of its kind in the UK. In 2012, University College London began its interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences BASc degree (which has kinship with the liberal arts model) with 80 students. King's College London launched the BA Liberal Arts, which has a slant towards arts, humanities and social sciences subjects. The New College of

8034-577: The labour force were employed within six months of completing their final examinations. The median gross monthly salary of Yale-NUS graduates was S$ 4,300. Across the college’s seven graduate cohorts, approximately 11 per cent went on to pursue Master’s and PhD programmes in the world’s top institutions, such as Johns Hopkins University, London School of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National University of Singapore (NUS), Stanford University, Tsinghua University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford and Yale University. Yale-NUS launched

8137-410: The last cohort to receive a Yale-NUS degree. In Peter Salovey's statement on the shutdown, he expressed a wish for Yale-NUS to continue, stating that Yale-NUS is "a unique and remarkable living and learning experience in Singapore." Presidents Executive Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents As of February 2024, Yale-NUS lists over 120 faculty members from leading colleges and universities around

8240-747: The late 1990s. This trend was spearheaded by Dutch sociologist Hans Adriaansens , who was "frustrated with the large-scale climate of university education in the Netherlands". Dutch university colleges of this kind include Leiden University College The Hague , University College Utrecht , University College Maastricht , Amsterdam University College , University College Roosevelt , Erasmus University College , University College Groningen and University College Tilburg . Other liberal arts colleges in continental Europe include The American University of Paris , Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts in Slovakia, Jacobs University Bremen , Bard College Berlin ,

8343-585: The liberal arts college education system. International Christian University in Tokyo , which opened in 1953, defines itself as "Japan's first liberal arts college". Other Japanese liberal arts programs include the other four members of the Global Five which includes School of International Liberal Studies at Waseda University , Akita International University , Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University and Sophia University 's Faculty of Liberal Arts. Yale-NUS College

8446-529: The liberal arts college model. It has been described as the closest example of a liberal arts college in the UK. This distinctiveness was reinforced with the opening of the new Keele Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 2016. In September 2016 Chavagnes Studium , a Liberal Arts centre in France, began offering a 2-year intensive BA in the Liberal Arts with a Catholic perspective. Lingnan University in Hong Kong

8549-420: The liberal arts fields of study". Other researchers have adopted similar definitions. Although many liberal arts colleges are exclusively undergraduate, some also offer graduate programs that lead to a master's degree or doctoral degree in subjects such as English , general biology , fine arts , and law . Similarly, the term "liberal arts college" most commonly refers to an independent institution with

8652-420: The need to act in accordance with accepted scholarly and professional standards and the regulations of the College.” The college is also “committed to basing judgments concerning the admission, education, and employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities.” The closure of Yale-NUS College was initiated by NUS President Tan Eng Chye, who approached Yale President Peter Salovey in July 2021 with

8755-509: The neighbouring University Town, Yale-NUS's campus is built on a grid system. The campus was designed to achieve the highest rating under the Building and Construction Authority's Green Mark, Singapore's benchmark for sustainable design. In addition to visible sustainable design strategies such as the biofiltration pond and the frequent use of natural ventilation, the campus integrates advanced building systems for energy efficiency. Yale-NUS's campus

8858-466: The pages of Yale Daily News . Seyla Benhabib , a political philosopher at Yale, calling it a "naïve missionary sentiment," asked, "Do we need to go to Singapore to advance interdisciplinarity and a revival of the liberal arts?" The chairs of the faculty search committee responded, "the new college will require faculty to rethink their pedagogical assumptions and to consider such innovations as integrated and interactive approaches to science; writing across

8961-417: The radically interdisciplinary curriculum of Marlboro . In addition, most liberal arts colleges are primarily residential, which means students live and learn away from home, often for the first time. The distinctiveness of these attributes is somewhat eroded by the tendency of universities to adopt aspects of the liberal arts college, and vice versa. For example, several American universities, including

9064-449: The seventh week of the first semester of the first year – a time when all freshers are enrolled in the same common curriculum courses. During Week 7, all first-year students participate in a faculty-generated initiative that brings student learning out into the world and connects to both faculty interests and themes of the common curriculum. At Yale-NUS, a term-time study abroad experience is the norm. Some 75 to 80 per cent of students spend

9167-461: The small size of liberal arts colleges contributes to their cohesion and ability to survive through difficult times. Job satisfaction is also typically higher in liberal arts colleges, for both faculty and staff. The smaller size also makes it feasible for liberal arts colleges to adopt relatively experimental or divergent approaches, such as the Great Books curriculum at St. John's or Shimer , or

9270-637: The students were Arts and Humanities; Philosophy, Politics and Economics; Environmental Studies; Psychology; and Mathematical, Computational and Statistical Sciences. Across the College’s 2017 – 2023 cohorts, an average of 9 in 10 graduates find employment within six months of completing their final examinations. Yale-NUS graduates were employed in diverse industries, which include Financial and Insurance, Business and Management Consultancy, Information & Communication, Scientific Research & Development, and Education. Yale-NUS and Faculty of Law, NUS jointly offer

9373-705: The surviving predominantly female Seven Sisters colleges along the northeastern seaboard, the Claremont Colleges in Southern California , and the Ohio Five , but similar institutions are found all over the country. The Maple League in Canada is a consortium of four universities – Acadia , Bishop's , Mount Allison and St. Francis Xavier – who together form an alliance of small, rural, undergraduate liberal arts education institutions with Francophone heritage and

9476-404: The term is largely associated with the United States, and most self-identified liberal arts colleges worldwide are built on the American model. The Global Liberal Arts Alliance, which incorporates institutions on five continents, refers to itself as "an international, multilateral partnership of American style liberal arts institutions". In 2009, liberal arts colleges from around the world formed

9579-428: The total expected student population will be 1,000 students. The college employed a holistic approach in evaluating applicants: while academic achievement as reflected in examinations grades is a primary consideration, interviews, recommendations, essays and extracurricular accomplishments were also given significant weight in the process. Dean of Yale College and Yale-NUS' first president, Pericles Lewis, reported that

9682-475: The world like me who lack the hyper-talent or mega-resources needed to study abroad at a place like Yale?" In response to concerns that Yale-NUS would dilute the Yale name, computer science professor Michael Fischer argued that since Yale-NUS will not be granting Yale degrees, the value of a degree from Yale will not be diminished, and that the joint governing board does not "make Yale-NUS a part of Yale any more than does [Yale President Richard] Levin's service on

9785-426: The world. The liberal arts college model took root in the United States in the 19th century, as institutions spread that followed the model of early schools like Harvard , Yale , and Dartmouth , although none of these early American schools are regarded as liberal arts colleges today. These colleges served as a means of spreading a basically European cultural model across the new country. The model proliferated in

9888-437: The world. The governing board is composed of trustees half-appointed by Yale, and half-appointed by NUS. The board is chaired by Mdm. Kay Kuok Oon Kwong. Admission to Yale-NUS was based on each student's prior achievement and promise for success at the college. Yale-NUS had a need-blind financial aid programme for domestic students and, until 2020, for international students, which offered substantial support for students from

9991-465: Was attended by Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Acting Education Minister (Higher Education) Ong Ye Kung and the presidents of Yale and the National University of Singapore. The college held its inaugural graduation ceremony on May 29, 2017. The certificates were presented by Tony Tan , President of Singapore , and Richard Levin, former president of Yale and chief executive of Coursera,

10094-786: Was awarded the Green Mark Platinum Award from the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) in 2013 (recertified in 2018 and 2021), the Landscape Excellence Assessment Framework certificate in 2014 (recertified in 2017 and 2020), the International Architecture Award in 2016., the ASEAN Energy Awards for Energy Efficient Building in 2019 and the Building Performance Awards for Facilities Management (CIBSE) in 2020. In 2022,

10197-564: Was established as a liberal arts college in the early 20th century, although it subsequently became a full-fledged university . Ginling College in Nanjing similarly followed the model of an American liberal arts college from its founding in 1915 until forced to conform with the Nationalist educational system in the 1930s. In Zhuhai City, Hong Kong Baptist University and Beijing Normal University opened United International College , which adopted

10300-487: Was not willing to offer Yale degree programs at the proposed institute, the project was dropped. Levin and National University of Singapore President Tan Chorh Chuan discussed the concept of a joint liberal arts college at the 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and eighteen months later, Levin and Yale Provost Peter Salovey circulated to the Yale faculty a prospectus for a liberal arts college in Singapore. Among

10403-521: Was part of NUS' plan for a "broader restructuring of Singapore’s educational offerings, one that had been conceived of in 2018". The new college will not feature liberal arts subjects in its core curriculum. In January 2022, it was announced that the provisionally-named New College would be named NUS College. Under the presidency of Richard Levin , Yale began developing a "internationalization" strategy that included expanding financial resources for international students and study abroad programs, founding

10506-422: Was started in 2011 as Singapore 's first liberal arts college as a collaboration between Yale University in the United States and the National University of Singapore . It attracted controversy over concerns that Yale was compromising on its liberal values by opening a college in a country where there are strong curbs on freedom of speech and assembly, with Yale faculty members expressing their "concern regarding

10609-455: Was the guest speaker. In 2012, Yale-NUS published its policy on academic freedom and non-discrimination, which states that “the College upholds the principles of academic freedom and open inquiry, essential core values in higher education of the highest calibre. Faculty and students in the College will be free to conduct scholarship and research and publish the results, and to teach in the classroom and express themselves on campus, bearing in mind

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