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Feds Investigating Smith College Over Transgender Admissions Policy

The U.S. Department of Education has opened a Title IX investigation into Smith College over its policy allowing transgender students who identify as women to enroll at the all-women’s school.

By Tom Joyce
· Updated May 6, 2026 8:00 AM · 2 min read read
Feds Investigating Smith College Over Transgender Admissions Policy
The Smith College Campus Center in Northampton, Massachusetts. Photo by MonsieurNapoléon via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0.

The U.S. Department of Education has opened a Title IX investigation into Smith College over its policy allowing transgender students who identify as women to enroll at the all-women’s school.

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