SINGAPORE, Aug 29 — Student leaders at Yale-NUS College, who are still “shocked” and “grieving”, have hit out at what they saw was a unilateral decision made on the merger of their school that was done without consulting students first.
“As we grieve, so do the faculty and staff who have poured their hearts and souls into building our wonderful community here.” The move means that Yale-NUS will no longer be taking in new students. Those who matriculated in the academic year 2021/22 and who will graduate in 2025 will be the final cohort of students from the college.
“Our memories, our lives here, are still being carried within us today, in our hearts and in the community that we have built. That is something we will hold onto forever,” they said. In the minutes of the meeting seen by TODAY, with its contents verified by those who attended, it stated that Professor Tan Eng Chye, who is president of NUS, said that he made the decision not to consult students due to the sensitivity of the decision, since it concerned the strategic direction of both universities.
Speaking to TODAY, Yale-NUS alumnus Daryl Yang, 27, recalled how he had strived to build an inclusive and politically aware community at the college, leading a student collective called The G Spot from 2014 to 2016 and co-founding the student-led Community for Advocacy and Political Education. Another alumnus from the class of 2020, who is now working in the field of data science, told TODAY that it is key for any new college that wants to conduct liberal arts education to ensure that academic freedom is safeguarded.
One sophomore said that several of her juniors have been enquiring about changing to a different course or to Yale University, since they signed up because of the attractiveness of the Yale brand. Another Singaporean student who is in his freshman year said it was unfortunate that the bombshell announcement was dropped right at the start of the semester, which had just started three weeks ago.
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