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Feds Probe Smith College Over Transgender Admissions Policy
The complaint says Smith’s policy gives trans women access to dorms, bathrooms and athletic teams, raising questions under Title IX’s single-sex exception.
- On Monday, the US Department of Education launched a Title IX investigation into Smith College, an all-women's liberal arts college in Massachusetts, for admitting transgender women.
- Defending Education, a conservative nonprofit, filed the civil rights complaint prompting the probe, while Smith adapted its admissions policies in 2015 to include transgender and nonbinary applicants.
- Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey stated that "an all-women's college loses all meaning if it is admitting biological males," citing Title IX's single-sex exception.
- Smith College said it is "fully committed to its institutional mission and values, including compliance with civil rights laws" but declined to comment on the pending investigation.
- Shannon Minter, an attorney with the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, called the investigation an "ominous" example of government overreach, arguing the administration is weaponizing anti-discrimination laws.
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Federal investigation into Smith College probes whether transgender students can attend women’s schools – challenging the evolving mission of women’s education
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DOE opens investigation into girls-only Smith College for admitting transgender males
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education opened a Title IX investigation into the girls-only Smith College after Defending Education filed a complaint against the school for admitting
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