Archives - 2005

US education
What's the return?
More Singaporeans are heading there. Does it really pay off? By Anna Bernasek. NY Times. Read
Dec 13, 2005

Scholar system
may become obsolete
Like China's imperial exam, Singapore's way of selecting top scholars will outlive its usefulness in a changed world. By Seah Chiang Nee. Read
Nov 27, 2005

That Warwick decision
Some online viewpoints
Warwick Varsity drops plans for a Singapore campus on worries about academic freedom. What some Singaporeans think about it. Read
Oct 21, 2005

Singapore's
Changing schools
Stepping up gear to produce a thinking workforce. By Seah Chiang Nee. Read
Sept 26, 2005

Singaporeans
Still eating our lunch
Math-Science are keys to innovation and power; Other children not letting up eating US kids' lunch. Thomas L. Friedman, NY Times. Read
Sept 19, 2005

America's best colleges, 2006
Ranking by US News and World Report
(Excerpted top 50). Read
Sept 16, 2005

Singapore
Turning to foreign students
Hoping to have 150,000, and that enough will stay on after studies. By Izumi Ogura, Asahi Shimbun. Read
Aug 24, 2005

Graduates
In America
Where Malaysian-Singapore students learn to live in the real world. Kakak. malaysiakini. Read
June 12, 2005

Aussie varsities
Fee hike turns away Asians
Student intakes from Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore slump as costs near US levels. By Samantha Maiden. The Australian.Read
Jan 5, 2005