Bro Michael Broughton, a Singaporean, Vice Chancellor for Mission of De la Salle made a strong case for the mission and vision of the university, namely it is the school for the poor. He said that there is a sense of contradiction that the school serves for the poor, but it does not mean it does not serve the god of excellence.
However, I was waiting for the SMART details on why is school for the poor. The only thing I saw coming was having 20% of its students as scholars. And its practice of reflection (used by Catholics vs spread of Communism in Europe) Aside from the scholars project, the social enterprise programs of at least 3 schools at Loyola, the immersion programs, is something that even NUS want to emulate and benchmark, we are forced to state.
Michael Go did a better job of explaining how he helped the poor farmers.
