Saudi Arabia has set up a new research university, a multibillion dollar co-educational venture built on the promise of scientific freedom. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via OneRiot, Aljazeera , Google News (World)
compared to another short report on newstrust, this offers more information and a different perspective. the article reports that only 15 % of students will be from s.a. and the faculty includes many from western countries.not mentioned here is how similar this sounds to u.s. enclaves based in s.a. and that this enterprise offering scientific freedom may not mean any real change in women's freedom for this culture. it will be interesting to see how many saudi women apply and enroll.
