Since its a business school, why don't they produce research that shows one way or the other that how one dresses impacts on the bottom line of a company. Real research, not dustbin research.

For me, I wouldn't care less how you dress as long as you produce.

As for microsoft and others please note that even with encouraging dressing down, they never forget that sometimes to get a contract, you may need to dress up. So dressing down Friday may happen in the office but it doesn't apply to someone going to meet some old conservative geezer who wants to see you in a suit.

As a college policy, I think its pretty archaic and punitive. But its their compound.

Having undertaken my undergraduate in a public uni, l felt like l had been tossed back to high school days when l went to strath for some short term course.

and dont ever imagine they would excuse you because you are going to make an inquiry or collect something!

@Reox,
That's the word.Putting on simple.....or maybe for crying out aloud,they should allow students to attend classes wakiwa ndithi.

We are together in this... i am an alumnae and i dint mind the dress code... i would go through it again. At the time, it was even crazy.... you couldnt even wear a trouser suit as a lady... Infact, at one time, there was a lady who wore a trouser on a saturday ("limited dress down was allowed") and was told the go change her "pyjamas"..... hahahahahaaa... never forgotten that... These days the rules are way too loose i am surprised that people are complaining.

then you couldnt even wear tight skirts. The watchman had the mandate to decide whether what you are wearing as a lady is miniskirt and deny you access or it is tight.... And the open shoes that chicks are wearing in town that look like patapata.... you couldnt wear such - i dont know about now... you wear official stuff.

I'm an alumina as well and i think mostly people who are against it are "outsiders", remember Strathmore was the best ranked university in Kenya last year and is second this year, pretty cool for such a young university.