- JEDDAH: Two years after becoming part of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah (KAU), the staff and students of the Women’s College feel marginalized.
According to a source close to the college, the students are frustrated at what they feel is being ignored by the administration of the university.
“The rector of KAU never met with women teachers of the college, as he often does with the university staff,” said Sana Arab, a staff member and former dean of the college.
Arab said marginalization was not the only reason why the staff of the college was calling for academic sovereignty and independence. She recalled that two women undersecretaries at the college, one for students’ affairs and the other a supervisor of the science section, were appointed in their new positions from outside.
“We do not object to the two undersecretaries personally but we wish that the positions had been filled from the staff of the college itself,” she said. The staff of the college complained against these appointments to the minister of higher education and to the rector of KAU.
