耶魯取消與北大間一合作項目
報道 2012年08月02日
《耶魯每日新聞》(The Yale Daily News)上周報道，該校已經取消與北京大學的一個合作項目，不再允許耶魯大學本科生去北京大學學習並修得學分。
這份學生報紙稱這一舉動“突然終止”了兩校始於2006年、還在去年12月份得到過重新確認的合作關係。耶魯大學在一份聲明中稱，終止的原因是“報名人數比預期的低”，雖然項目花費都包括在學生的正常學費中，但還是只有四名學生報名參加今年秋天的項目。
這個項目並不是沒有爭議。2007年，一位在北京任教的耶魯大學生物學教授發了一封廣為流傳的郵件，譴責中國教職員工和管理者對蔓延的抄襲行為聽之任之。
根據《耶魯每日新聞》報道，這個合作項目是北京大學唯一一個允許其學生與外國學生同住的項目。
項目取消之後，北京大學的學生仍然可以參加耶魯大學的夏季課程。
耶魯大學一直對亞洲地區的其他交流項目進行審核，最近還因為和新加坡國立大學的一項合作計劃而遭到了批評。一些耶魯大學教員對新加坡的政治自由度提出了質疑。
The Stylish Side of China 這份學生報紙稱這一舉動“突然終止”了兩校始於2006年、還在去年12月份得到過重新確認的合作關係。耶魯大學在一份聲明中稱，終止的原因是“報名人數比預期的低”，雖然項目花費都包括在學生的正常學費中，但還是只有四名學生報名參加今年秋天的項目。
這個項目並不是沒有爭議。2007年，一位在北京任教的耶魯大學生物學教授發了一封廣為流傳的郵件，譴責中國教職員工和管理者對蔓延的抄襲行為聽之任之。
根據《耶魯每日新聞》報道，這個合作項目是北京大學唯一一個允許其學生與外國學生同住的項目。
項目取消之後，北京大學的學生仍然可以參加耶魯大學的夏季課程。
耶魯大學一直對亞洲地區的其他交流項目進行審核，最近還因為和新加坡國立大學的一項合作計劃而遭到了批評。一些耶魯大學教員對新加坡的政治自由度提出了質疑。
By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY and JONATHAN LANDRETH
Publishers of fashion magazines willing to contend with censorship and various other hurdles in China are being rewarded with heavy advertising demand.
Yale defends plans for new college in Singapore
WASHINGTON -- Students at Yale University's new
liberal arts college in Singapore will have academic freedom but won't
be able to stage protests on campus, Yale officials say.
A human rights group has accused the university of betraying its own principles by accepting the constraints imposed by Singaporean law. Members of the university's arts and science faculty have also criticized the plans.
Yale is based in New Haven, Connecticut. It is establishing the college with National University of Singapore to open in 2013.
Singapore's schools are internationally renowned, and the national university already cooperates with other American universities, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Duke University.
But Singapore retains restrictions on speech and assembly it says are needed to preserve economic prosperity and harmony among its 5 million people. It has democratic elections but has been ruled by the same party since independence five decades ago.
"Yale entered its partnership with the National University of Singapore in full awareness that national laws concerning freedom of expression would place constraints on the civic and political behavior of students and faculty," Yale University President Richard Levin said in a statement issued Thursday.
Levin said academic freedom and open inquiry on campus would be protected, as would the freedom to publish in academic literature. But students and faculty would have to observe national laws "as do students and faculty in Yale programs from London to Beijing."
Human Rights Watch says Singapore's 2009 Public Order Act requires a permit for people to meet for a "cause-related activity," and outdoor gatherings of five or more people require police permission. Limited demonstrations and rallies are allowed, however, at Singapore's Speakers' Corner.
While Yale has other international programs, the Singapore campus will be its largest overseas endeavor. Yale says the new college can advance liberal arts education in Asia and teaching that encourages critical inquiry.
In April, shortly after the two universities announced the new venture, members of Yale's arts and science faculty passed a resolution expressing concern over "the lack of respect for civil and political rights" in Singapore and called on the new college to uphold principles of civil liberty, nondiscrimination and political freedom, which it said are at the heart of liberal arts education.
Singapore law also criminalizes sexual relations between consenting adult males.
"Yale is betraying the spirit of the university as a center of open debate and protest by giving away the rights of its students at its new Singapore campus," said Phil Robertson, Human Rights Watch's deputy director for Asia. "Instead of defending these rights, Yale buckled when faced with Singapore's draconian laws on demonstrations and policies restricting student groups."
The president of the new college, Pericles Lewis, said that as is the case with National University of Singapore, students would be able to join any political party, but such organizations are based off-campus.
A human rights group has accused the university of betraying its own principles by accepting the constraints imposed by Singaporean law. Members of the university's arts and science faculty have also criticized the plans.
Yale is based in New Haven, Connecticut. It is establishing the college with National University of Singapore to open in 2013.
Singapore's schools are internationally renowned, and the national university already cooperates with other American universities, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Duke University.
But Singapore retains restrictions on speech and assembly it says are needed to preserve economic prosperity and harmony among its 5 million people. It has democratic elections but has been ruled by the same party since independence five decades ago.
"Yale entered its partnership with the National University of Singapore in full awareness that national laws concerning freedom of expression would place constraints on the civic and political behavior of students and faculty," Yale University President Richard Levin said in a statement issued Thursday.
Levin said academic freedom and open inquiry on campus would be protected, as would the freedom to publish in academic literature. But students and faculty would have to observe national laws "as do students and faculty in Yale programs from London to Beijing."
Human Rights Watch says Singapore's 2009 Public Order Act requires a permit for people to meet for a "cause-related activity," and outdoor gatherings of five or more people require police permission. Limited demonstrations and rallies are allowed, however, at Singapore's Speakers' Corner.
While Yale has other international programs, the Singapore campus will be its largest overseas endeavor. Yale says the new college can advance liberal arts education in Asia and teaching that encourages critical inquiry.
In April, shortly after the two universities announced the new venture, members of Yale's arts and science faculty passed a resolution expressing concern over "the lack of respect for civil and political rights" in Singapore and called on the new college to uphold principles of civil liberty, nondiscrimination and political freedom, which it said are at the heart of liberal arts education.
Singapore law also criminalizes sexual relations between consenting adult males.
"Yale is betraying the spirit of the university as a center of open debate and protest by giving away the rights of its students at its new Singapore campus," said Phil Robertson, Human Rights Watch's deputy director for Asia. "Instead of defending these rights, Yale buckled when faced with Singapore's draconian laws on demonstrations and policies restricting student groups."
The president of the new college, Pericles Lewis, said that as is the case with National University of Singapore, students would be able to join any political party, but such organizations are based off-campus.
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