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Oral History Interview With Tony Tan Keng Yam: Conceptualising Smu, Tony Keng Yam Tan
Oral History Interview With Tony Tan Keng Yam: Conceptualising Smu, Tony Keng Yam Tan
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The interview covered: higher education landscape, setting up SMU, naming a new university, different university, admission criteria, student interaction, first graduation ceremony, future of university education.
Biography:
Patron, SMU, 2011–present
Visionary and architect of SMU
Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam steered the development of university education in Singapore and was instrumental in the creation of Singapore Management University. Involved in higher education in Singapore for over three decades, he served as education minister (1980–1981 and 1985–1991), vice-chancellor of the National University of Singapore (1980–1981), and was appointed deputy prime minister of Singapore (1995–2005). He is credited with restructuring Singapore’s educational …