In February 2008 Dar Al-Hekma College (DAHC), the first private college for women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Jeddah Institute for Speech and Hearing (JISH) executed an agreement to increase access and advance academic, clinical and professional excellence in order to better serve our communities and the society. The partnership will allow the two institutions to collaborate in the areas of Recruitment and Exchange of Faculty and Staff, Student Training (for Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences students in the Special Education Department), Continuing Education (for JISH staff members) and Joint Research and Publication.

"At Dar Al-Hekma College we are excited about the innovative curriculum that offers a foundation in clinical skills development”, said Linda Mack Brewer, Ph.D., Coordinator of the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Program of Study. “The partnership with JISH will help us to transform the way we educate the future generations of speech and hearing professionals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ”.