At a recent gathering of students in the national medical school, King Abdul Aziz University, female students, several who were bare-headed, took pains to explain that the gender-segregated classes did not create problems for them.

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Last April, the federal Department of Education announced it was investigating a complaint alleging the university discriminated against female students, faculty and staff by failing to address a sexually hostile environmental caused by its failure to appropriately respond to reports of sexual assault.

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Earlier this year, a branch of Al-Aqsa University in the southern town of Khan Younis made it a requirement for all female students to wear robes in addition to headscarves.

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Any college or university that starts to ask such questions establishes a great marketing initiative to recruiting future female students and improves the finances of alumnae who may be prone to donate more to their caring alma maters.

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