Education Department investigating women-only Smith College for allowing transgender students
The Department of Education is investigating Smith College over its admissions policy for transgender students, questioning whether it violates Title IX's protections for single-sex institutions. The inquiry follows a complaint from the group Defending Education, which argues that admitting transgender women constitutes sex-based discrimination. Smith College maintains that it admits anyone who self-identifies as a woman, aligning with its values of inclusion and diversity.
- ▪The Department of Education is investigating Smith College for potentially violating Title IX by admitting transgender students.
- ▪Defending Education filed a complaint in 2025, alleging that Smith College discriminates based on sex by accepting cis, trans, and nonbinary women.
- ▪Title IX allows exceptions for single-sex colleges, but the Department of Education asserts this does not apply to individuals who identify as female but are biologically male.
- ▪Smith College updated its admissions policy in May 2015 to include transgender women following campus protests.
- ▪The college is located in Northampton, Massachusetts, and was one of the first all-women's colleges to adopt such an inclusive policy.
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The Department of Education is investigating Smith College to determine whether or not the institution violated Title IX by admitting transgender students into the all-women’s college. “An all-women’s college loses all meaning if it is admitting biological males,” Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said in a statement. “Allowing biological males into spaces designed for women raises serious concerns about privacy, fairness, and compliance under federal law.” Recommended Stories Illinois teacher drops lawsuit against Christian mother after yearslong free speech battle Loudoun County contemplates year-round school calendar instead of cutting ‘inclusive’ holidays Chicago teachers unions organize students for socialist May Day protests The investigation comes after Defending…
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