Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Yale-NUS College is a liberal arts college in Singapore. Yale-NUS was 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 few in Asia. The first class, the class of 2017, consisted of 157 students entering in 2013. Over several years, the college intends to increase its student body to 1,000 students and its teaching faculty to 100.Admission to the inaugural class began in 2012 and took place over four rounds, with an acceptance rate slightly below 4%. According to Yale-NUS College, the yield for the class entering in 2013 is 52%. About 60 percent of students at Yale-NUS are Singaporeans and 40 percent are international students. In 2013, the admission rate dropped to 3% and the demographic remained consistent. Apart from Singapore University of Technology and Design, Yale-NUS is the only other college in Singapore to follow a holistic admissions process similar to that followed by Yale and other American universities. Yale-NUS students are granted either a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree by NUS. The college currently offers 15 majors. It is the first institution outside New Haven, Connecticut, that Yale University has developed in its 300-year history, making Yale the first US Ivy League school to establish a college bearing its name in Asia. Like both Yale and NUS, Yale-NUS follows a need-blind admission policy and offers financial aid on a full-need basis. Yale-NUS also distributes scholarships to some admitted students based on academic merit.The college's motto is "A community of learning, founded by two great universities, in Asia, for the world" and this phrase has been painted on a central wall at the temporary campus on the NUS grounds.The project has been criticized by members of the Yale faculty and alumni concerned that the relative lack of political freedom and restrictions on speech and protest in Singapore would negatively impact the rights of students. Singapore laws ban the formation of political parties or branches of political parties on university campuses, including at Yale-NUS. Some initial students and faculty have cited the establishment and prominence of various independent student societies, such as an LGBT advocacy organization, as evidence the Singapore government does not intend to interfere with student affairs. The Yale-NUS library contains literary works which are banned elsewhere in Singapore, and in 2014 the college sought to show the banned film To Singapore With Love, however, the film's director did not agree to the screening."@en }
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- Yale-NUS_College abstract "Yale-NUS College is a liberal arts college in Singapore. Yale-NUS was 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 few in Asia. The first class, the class of 2017, consisted of 157 students entering in 2013. Over several years, the college intends to increase its student body to 1,000 students and its teaching faculty to 100.Admission to the inaugural class began in 2012 and took place over four rounds, with an acceptance rate slightly below 4%. According to Yale-NUS College, the yield for the class entering in 2013 is 52%. About 60 percent of students at Yale-NUS are Singaporeans and 40 percent are international students. In 2013, the admission rate dropped to 3% and the demographic remained consistent. Apart from Singapore University of Technology and Design, Yale-NUS is the only other college in Singapore to follow a holistic admissions process similar to that followed by Yale and other American universities. Yale-NUS students are granted either a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree by NUS. The college currently offers 15 majors. It is the first institution outside New Haven, Connecticut, that Yale University has developed in its 300-year history, making Yale the first US Ivy League school to establish a college bearing its name in Asia. Like both Yale and NUS, Yale-NUS follows a need-blind admission policy and offers financial aid on a full-need basis. Yale-NUS also distributes scholarships to some admitted students based on academic merit.The college's motto is "A community of learning, founded by two great universities, in Asia, for the world" and this phrase has been painted on a central wall at the temporary campus on the NUS grounds.The project has been criticized by members of the Yale faculty and alumni concerned that the relative lack of political freedom and restrictions on speech and protest in Singapore would negatively impact the rights of students. Singapore laws ban the formation of political parties or branches of political parties on university campuses, including at Yale-NUS. Some initial students and faculty have cited the establishment and prominence of various independent student societies, such as an LGBT advocacy organization, as evidence the Singapore government does not intend to interfere with student affairs. The Yale-NUS library contains literary works which are banned elsewhere in Singapore, and in 2014 the college sought to show the banned film To Singapore With Love, however, the film's director did not agree to the screening.".