Oral History Interview with Howard Hunter: Conceptualising SMU

• Main Author: HUNTER, Howard
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Singapore Management University; SMU; Howard Hunter; Woody Hunter; Ronald Frank; consultation; Emory University; law school; history; university founding; beginnings; university administration; university admissions; university president; Bukit Timah campus; university campus; faculty recruitment; faculty hiring; interview applicants; entrance requirements; marketing; university curriculum; long term financial stability; University of Pennsylvania; Wharton School; overseas exchange programme; overseas community service; overses internship; university fee hike; financial assistance; Work Study Grant; scholarships; student initiative; counter proposal; student association; Ford Lai; flat tuition; Singapore Ministry of Education; autonomous university; budget flexibility; curriculum development flexibility; interdisciplinary research; Islamic law and finance; Centre for Dispute Resolution; Bachelor of Laws degree; Juris Doctor programme; advertisment model; college teaching; university core courses; case method; pedagogy; classroom design; small class size; seminar style teaching; student development; non-passive learning; creative thinking; decision making skills; confident graduates; graduate employment; successful experiment; quality of graduates; openess to opportunities; Mahdev Mohan; Ruth Pagell; academic library; access to information; National University of Singapore NUS; Nanyang Technological University NTU; Singapore University of Technology and Design SUTD; American-style education; Asian Studies; Higher Education; Higher Education Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/smu_oh/12; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=smu_oh
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The interview covered: first involvement with SMU, roles and responsibilities, tuition fees, autonomous university, law school, Juris Doctor program, undergraduate education, marketing, SMU pedagogy, curriculum, university library, Biography: Professor of Law, SMU, 2004–presentPresident, SMU, 2004–2...