The deputy prime minister, acting education minister and leaders of three universities from Singapore visited U-M last week as they consider ongoing changes to Singapore's higher education system and make efforts to study leading models of public higher education in the United States. Shown here at an event with Singaporean students is Tharman Shanmugaratnam, acting minister of education (center), talking with Choon-Peng Ng, Kelvin Kang and Chee Keong Tee. (Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Services)