Education Department is investigating whether Smith College’s admissions violate Title IX – but this law doesn’t actually apply to the case

Title IX’s language is clear that the 1972 law does not cover the admissions decisions private colleges and universities make.

By: Marie-Amelie George, Wake Forest University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: May 28, 2026

Words: 1,269

Last Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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By Marie-Amelie George, Wake Forest University

Since 2015, Smith College, one of the largest and most prestigious women’s liberal arts colleges in the United States, has allowed any student who identifies as female to apply to and attend the school.

Over the past decade or so, most other women’s colleges in the U.S. have taken similar steps, permitting transgender female students to apply.

The Trump administration is trying to end that …

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