Oral History Interview with Steven Miller: Conceptualising SMU

• Main Author: MILLER, Steven
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Singapore Management University; SMU; Steve Miller; history; university founding; beginnings; university administration; university admissions; information technology; School of Information Systems; Ronald Frank; Carnegie Mellon University CMU; business school; software application to business domain; National University of Singapore NUS School of Computing; Nanyang Technological University NTU School of Computer Engineering; management of information systems; industry involvement; industry interaction; business-oriented IT professional; marketing; university curriculum; college teaching; case method; pedagogy; classroom design; small class size; seminar style teaching; student development; non-passive learning; creative thinking; decision making skills; confident graduates; leraning outcomes; autonomous university; successful experiment; quality of graduates; research faculty; postgradudate programme; Master of IT in Business (Financial Services); undergraduates; Master of Applied Finance; outlier; Singapore education; American-style education; Asian Studies; Higher Education; Higher Education Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/smu_oh/16; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=smu_oh
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The interview covered: first involvement with SMU, setting up School of Information Systems, collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, industry relations, student interaction, faculty research, graduate placement, postgraduate programs. Biography: Founding Dean, School of Information Systems, S...