Kinda conflicted here. Universities segregated based on sex/gender seem unnecessary to me, and merging with Western doesn't sound like a terrible plan.

But also I suspect this is done more for profit so I'm not convinced the merge will be handled well

It sucks when any school has to close or merge with another, but I don't think this one deserves any special attention just because it was gender segregated. Aren't women outnumbering men in university population anyways?

Edit: Yup

I admit that there may be some virtue in terms of safety at an all girls' school... but gender exclusive institutions are still pretty cringe-worthy.

I'm a disabled queer immigrant white dude that would cringe hard at the very notion of excluding somebody from a community just because they are able-bodied, straight, indigenous, non-white or female. Imagine a university that excluded non-whites -- why should we tolerate universities that exclude men? It's sexism plain and simple. It goes against every other progress we've made in civil rights in the last century.