Yale has been making progress on the controversial first ever out of the United States campus that would hold the name Yale. The controversy originates due to Singapore's lack of free speech which many believe is against the core of Yale. If or if not, the campus will open next summer.

For more than 300 years, Yale University has prided itself on training top students to question and analyze, to challenge and critique.

Now, Yale is seeking to export those values by establishing the first foreign campus to bear its name, a liberal arts college in Singapore that is set to open this summer. The ambitious, multimillion-dollar project thrills many in the Yale community who say it will help the university maintain its prestige and build global influence.

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