Cal Poly is going to work with a Saudi Arabia University to set up a Cal Poly engineering program in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabia university does not allow women. Therefore, they would not allow women to take cal poly classes there.
Cal Poly is known for recruiting women to its school. Professors, students, and alums are shocked that the school supports women in the US, but is signing a contract with a regime that suppressed women. One professor said it was just for the money and he was ashamed to hear about it. The school is recieving $5.9 million.
The administration views the deal as a way to eventually get Saudi women involved. At first it will be just for men, but they think that in the future it will be opened up to women. The administration is optimistic that the deal will help change Saudi attitudes about women.
I was shocked by this news! If an American school wants to set up a program in another country to try and change the regime, then the way to do that is through its own rules. Cal Poly should not allow the Saudis to reject women from engineering classes. By allowing it, the California school is actually strengthening sexism in the area.
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