Oral History Interview with Arnoud De Meyer: Conceptualising SMU

• Main Author: DE MEYER, Arnoud
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Singapore Management University; SMU; Arnoud De Meyer; history; university founding; beginnings; university administration; university admissions; university president; Singapore education; infrastructure investment; INSEAD; Singapore University of Technology and Design SUTD; Singapore Institute of Technology SIT; National University of Singapore NUS; Nanyang Technological University NTU; university campus; business school; business education; interdisciplinary research; marketing; university curriculum; University of Pennsylvania; Wharton School; Carnegie Mellon University; Lien Centre; non-governmental organizations NGOs; community engagement; social media; student papers; community service; holistic experience; college teaching; City Campus; pedagogy; student development; non-passive learning; creative thinking; decision making skills; confident graduates; autonomous university; personnel management; successful experiment; quality of graduates; SMU alumni; integrated thinking; American-style education; Asian Studies; Higher Education; Higher Education Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/smu_oh/19; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1018&context=smu_oh
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The interview covered: first involvement with Singapore, tertiary education in Singapore, business schools, role of university, city campus. Biography: President, SMU, 2010–present Professor De Meyer became the fourth president of SMU in September 2010. A leader and well-known scholar in management...