There are two major experiments currently underway that may
reshape the future of higher education at the global level.
Yale University’s undergraduate liberal arts college in
Singapore (established with NUS and fully subsidized by the Singaporean Government)
gets underway this year:
NYU-Abu Dhabi (fully subsidized by the Abu Dhabi government) is
another experiment in establishing a full-fledged US style undergraduate
college overseas:
At both campuses, the entry class is very competitive (comparable to Stanford or Harvard in terms of SAT scores, etc.).