• Singularity University believes it can better teach "exponentially advancing technologies” by focusing on controlling and supporting student startups.
• The university now has the power to demand partial ownership of student-developed software, and deny alumni requests to turn projects into startups depending on whether they are “in good standing” or if the startup conflicts with the school’s mission.
• Some faculty members believe that more control of Singularity’s intellectual property will keep the university abreast of technological advancement and social change, while others find the new policies crippling to knowledge flow, a concept key to the university's mission.

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As it draws up plans to become a for-profit corporation, Singularity University has significantly tightened the terms under which its students may use the intellectual property they develop in their courses. …