▁August ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁noted ▁that ▁l ively ▁discuss ions ▁take ▁place ▁on ▁campus . ▁Bar ron ' s ▁Magazine ' s ▁article ▁“ Y ale ▁goes ▁to ▁Asia ” ▁highlight ed ▁how ▁education ▁exper ts ▁such ▁as ▁Ben ▁Nelson , ▁CE O ▁of ▁the ▁Min erva ▁Project , ▁particularly ▁lik es ▁Y ale - N US ’ ▁emphas is ▁on ▁sem in ars ▁and ▁its ▁requirement ▁that ▁all ▁students ▁in ▁their ▁first ▁two ▁years ▁take ▁pretty ▁much ▁the ▁same ▁core ▁curr icul um , ▁including ▁philosophy ▁and ▁political ▁thought , ▁literature ▁and ▁human ities , ▁and ▁modern ▁social ▁thought . ▁In ▁an ▁article ▁for ▁The ▁Atlantic , ▁Michael ▁Roth , ▁President ▁of ▁Wes ley an ▁University ▁and ▁author ▁of ▁Bey ond ▁the ▁University : ▁Why ▁Liberal ▁Education ▁Mat ters ▁write ▁about ▁how ▁he ▁was ▁im pressed ▁by ▁Y ale - N US ’ ▁decision ▁to ▁decl ine ▁to ▁institution al ize ▁fac ulty ▁within ▁depart ments ▁representing ▁the ▁academic ▁discipl ines . ▁This ▁has ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁re - con cept ual ization ▁of ▁maj ors ▁as ▁comple ments ▁to ▁a ▁core ▁curr icul um , ▁and , ▁in ▁turn , ▁to ▁the ▁wel coming ▁of ▁fac ulty ▁with ▁diverse ▁skill ▁sets ▁over ▁those ▁t ether ed ▁to ▁divis ive ▁academic ▁special izations . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Y ale - N US ▁College ▁ ▁Y ale - N US ▁B log ▁ ▁Category : Y ale ▁University ▁Category : National ▁University ▁of ▁Singapore ▁Category : L