Students anxious over plans to merge Yale-NUS and University Scholars Programme


The move to merge the liberal arts college with the National University of Singapore's University Scholars Programme (USP) was announced on Aug 27, 2021. - ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Yale-NUS College students who turned down a place at prestigious universities with long histories said they now feel short-changed that the college will soon cease to exist.

A first year student at Yale-NUS - who declined to be named because the university has told students not to speak to media - said some students are considering dropping out of the Yale-NUS component of the double-degree programme in law.

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