Saturday, September 1, 2012

From the Huffington Post: What the Yale President's Resignation Means for Higher Education

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-sleeper/yale-president-resigns-bu_b_1843535.html


What the Yale President's Resignation Means for Higher Education









"Those of us who've criticized Yale's Singapore venture know that many wonderful young Singaporeans want a fuller liberal education, but we also see the advance of a slick model of self-censorship in an authoritarian corporate milieu in that country and, increasingly, in public life in the U.S. While self-censorship in Singapore is ubiquitous and routine owing to fear of the state, here it's embraced almost enthusiastically by some undergraduates who think it will bring them closer to power and commercial advantage."



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