I would like to call your attention to the following job opportunity:

The newly established Yale-NUS College (www.ync.edu.sg) in Singapore announces the availability of faculty positions at all ranks and in all areas of the humanities, arts, and social and natural sciences. Yale-NUS College seeks outstanding teacher-scholars at every stage of their career who are eager to be part of the inaugural faculty, who are committed to innovative pedagogy, who are active researchers and who enjoy close mentoring of students.

We expect to hire approximately 100 faculty in the next few years as the student body increases; and plan to hire up to 35 in the next academic year and approximately an additional dozen by May 2013.

Yale-NUS College (YNC), a collaboration between the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Yale University, seeks to draw on the best elements of liberal arts education in the United States and to reimagine the curriculum and collegiate experience for the 21st Century. Both Asian and Western
perspectives will be integrated throughout the students’ course of study.

YNC will be a fully residential four-year College, located adjacent to NUS’s main campus. The College emphasizes small class size, close interaction between living and learning and a common curriculum, which will be significantly broader than most established “core curricula.” It will include courses addressing material and disciplines from across the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

Students will focus on a major of their choice in the third and fourth years of study. The working outline of the common curriculum and the roster of proposed majors appear at www.ync.nus.edu.sg/Learning-at-Yale-NUS.html; and we expect that both will be refined as faculty are hired. Faculty recruitment will not be limited only to those disciplines where a major is offered.

The faculty at Yale-NUS College will participate in a lively academic culture, with a tenure track and teaching requirements comparable to those at leading liberal arts colleges in the United States. Salary and leave policies will be competitive at an international level. We seek scholars with a particular interest in undergraduate teaching in a residential setting. We expect faculty to maintain a strong research focus, with particular strength in involving undergraduates in research experiences. Startup funds, and continuing research funds on a competitive basis, are available through the College. The College will not have disciplinary departments, but joint appointments with NUS departments can be arranged in cases where the involvement of YNC faculty with research facilities, graduate students, and other activities at NUS would be mutually beneficial.

In hiring this year, we expect to focus on tenured or tenure-track faculty who will lead the development and teaching of the common curriculum. In addition to strong teaching and research abilities, the ability to work with an interdisciplinary team to develop and teach the common curriculum is critical. New faculty may start their appointment either in mid-2012 or mid-2013.

During 2012-2013, some faculty will prepare for the class entering in 2013 by working at Yale, while others will move directly to Singapore in July 2012.

Other options may be developed on a case-by-case basis. For a limited number of outstanding teacher-scholars with tenure at leading institutions who do not wish to relocate permanently, we would also consider a two or three-year appointment as a visiting appointment, starting with the 2013-14 academic year.

The College values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity. For complete information about the College and the faculty hiring process, including submission guidelines, we invite you to our web site at www.ync.edu.sg. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2011 and will continue until open positions are filled.
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Naomi Lamoreaux
Professor of Economics and History
Yale University