Oral History Interview with Ho Kwon Ping: Conceptualising SMU

• Main Author: HO, Kwon Ping
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Singapore Management University; SMU; Ho Kwon Ping; Chairman of Board of Trustees; history; university founding; beginnings; Singapore higher education; education policy; Tony Tan; radical views; Singapore Institute of Management SIM; third university; credibility; Steve Jobs; new product launch; government funding; Singapore Ministry of Education; university administration; university admissions; National University of Singapore NUS; Nanyang Technological University NTU; business schools; finance faculty; competitive salaries; Singapore faculty; international faculty; composition of university board; Narayana Murthy; Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala; university campus; faculty recruitment; faculty hiring; convocation; commencement; Low Aik Meng; alumni; student-led activities; marketing; university curriculum; pedagogy; classroom design; student development; non-passive learning; creative thinking; decision making skills; confident graduates; philantrophy; endowment; autonomous university; performance-based pay; salaries; successful experiment; quality of graduates; personal satisfaction; critical thinking; challenge norms; small size; Princeton University; London School of Economics LSE; thought leadership; American-style education; Asian Studies; Higher Education; Higher Education Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/smu_oh/18; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=smu_oh
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The interview covered: capturing SMU history, view of Singapore education system, Singapore Institute of Management, third university, business schools, business education, faculty recruitment, differentiating SMU, board of trustees, governance, student interaction, job satisfaction, non-profit orga...