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Seriously....would you really be ok if your kids enrol in this? Maybe can share what are the value of a liberal arts education? Liberal arts college graduates valuable for S'pore: PM Lee Edvantage | Mon Apr 11 2011 A liberal arts education can nuture graduates who can think deeply, rigorously and broadly, said PM Lee at the launch of the Yale-Nus college. Liberal arts college graduates valuable for S'pore: PM Lee The new liberal arts college will offer a distinct education different from other programmes, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today, at the launch of the Yale-NUS College by the National University of Singapore and Yale University, Singapore's first liberal arts university. In his speech, Mr Lee expounded on the benefits of a liberal arts education, which will nurture graduates who can think deeply, rigorously and broadly, and be graduates who are 'valuable for Singapore in a more complex and inter-connected world'. Mr Lee also expects a majority of students to be Singaporeans, and expressed confidence that more Singaporeans will enrol in the college when parents and students come to see the value of a liberal arts education. The college will be an additional attractive option, for those students who have performed well, but are unable to be admitted into overseas liberal arts universities because their foreign-student admission quota, said Mr Lee. The Yale-NUS College, an autonomous college of NUS, will register its first batch of 150 students in 2013, with the eventual yearly subsequent intake expected to be 250. Mr Lee also encouraged employers to offer internships and provide their support, and that the government will also do its part to provide funding for the College.