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Viewing cable 07SINGAPORE2036, SINGAPORE'S "GLOBAL SCHOOLHOUSE" PROJECT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07SINGAPORE2036 2007-11-13 07:08 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Singapore
VZCZCXRO4355
RR RUEHCHI RUEHCN RUEHDT RUEHGH RUEHHM RUEHNH RUEHVC
DE RUEHGP #2036/01 3170708
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 130708Z NOV 07
FM AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4392
INFO RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
RUEHOO/CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 2025
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0494
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 1866
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 4127
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 5750
RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 1370
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 SINGAPORE 002036 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON ELAB OEXC PGOV SCUL SN
SUBJECT: SINGAPORE'S "GLOBAL SCHOOLHOUSE" PROJECT 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: Singapore seeks to establish itself as a 
regional and global education hub through its "Global 
Schoolhouse" project.  The project has had mixed results.  It 
was dealt a blow in July when the University of New South 
Wales (UNSW) Asia precipitously closed its local campus, but 
it received a boost from the October opening of New York 
University's (NYU's) Tisch Asia campus here. Some foreign 
universities have been reluctant to come to Singapore due to 
concerns over restrictions on academic freedom, although the 
GOS demonstrated increased flexibility in this area in order 
to attract NYU.  End Summary. 
 
Singapore Aims High... 
---------------------- 
 
2. (U) Some of the same factors that make Singapore an 
attractive regional business center make it a logical 
regional education hub: its reputation for quality primary 
and secondary education, clean and safe living conditions, 
widespread use of English, and a central location.  GOS 
officials want to attract a total of 150,000 international 
students by 2015 (up from approximately 60,000 in 2007), in 
line with plans to attract more foreign talent and 
multinational companies.  They estimate that the additional 
campuses needed to attract this number of students will 
create 22,000 new jobs.  Dr. Hellmut Schutte, former dean and 
professor at the INSEAD Asia campus, told us that INSEAD 
chose Singapore over twelve other Asian contenders because of 
Singapore's easy access to other major Asian economies, its 
research subsidies, and its cosmopolitan environment. 
 
3. (U) Nearly twenty established international universities 
from the United States, Europe, and Asia have branch campuses 
in Singapore.  Singapore Economic and Development Board (EDB) 
officials hope that these "brand name" universities will 
attract more international students.  They estimate that each 
foreign student spends between $3,000 and $8,000 a year on 
living expenses, on top of tuition fees.  They predict that 
some of these international students will choose to stay in 
Singapore, boosting Singapore's labor force and stimulating 
economic growth. 
 
...But Faces Obstacles 
---------------------- 
 
4. (U) In April 2004, the GOS selected the University of New 
South Wales to spearhead the "Global Schoolhouse" project by 
establishing the first full-scale foreign university campus 
in Singapore.  The business plan called for an eventual 
enrollment of 15,000.  However, following a change in its 
Australia-based management, UNSW closed in July 2007, after 
operating for only one semester, citing low enrollment and 
projected financial losses. 
 
5. (SBU) EDB provided USD 32.3 million to support the opening 
of UNSW's Singapore campus (USD 17.3 million in grants and 
USD 15 million in loans).  EDB officials assert that UNSW 
Asia left because it had underestimated the cost of setting 
up and running the campus.  These officials admit that UNSW's 
pullout hurt Singapore's reputation as an education hub. 
 
6. (SBU) Some foreign universities have decided against 
setting up in Singapore due to concerns over restrictions on 
freedom of expression and academic freedom.  In October 2005, 
Britain's Warwick University abandoned plans to set up a full 
campus here, citing academic freedom concerns.  The same 
issue weighed heavily with the University of Chicago's 
faculty, and the final vote to establish an executive MBA 
program in Singapore passed by a narrow margin, according to 
Beth Bader, managing director of Chicago's executive MBA 
program.  Chicago appears to be comfortable with its 
decision, however; officials from the university's Harris 
School of Public Policy Studies recently visited, in part to 
assess prospects for establishing a graduate and/or executive 
program here.  Katherine Drummond, Director of Administration 
for NYU's Tisch Asia, told us that they carefully considered 
academic and artistic freedom issues when deciding to 
establish a Singapore campus in October.  NYU's agreement 
with the GOS reportedly permits freedom of expression for 
on-campus activities.  It also allows NYU to maintain a film 
library of uncensored works.  However, these can only be used 
on campus for instructional activities. 
 
Comment 
 
SINGAPORE 00002036  002 OF 002 
 
 
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7. (SBU) The GOS is keen to attract universities with 
name-brand recognition and has shown some flexibility in 
meeting universities' requirements on issues such as academic 
freedom.  Maintaining such flexibility, along with an 
operating environment that allows the programs to be 
profitable, will be key to Singapore's achieving "Global 
Schoolhouse" status. Over the long run it will be interesting 
to see whether foreign schools and students have a liberating 
influence on Singaporean society or whether they have to 
learn to adapt to its more restrictive environment. 
 
Visit Embassy Singapore's Classified website: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/singapore/ind ex.cfm 
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