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Wednesday, March 25, 2026
The Daily Pennsylvanian

Barnard considers admissions policy for transgender students

The president of Barnard College is weighing the possibility of adding an admissions policy for transgender students, the New York Times reports.

Barnard President Debora L. Spar wrote a letter to the student body about the issue at hand, saying, "The time has come for us to examine how we, as a women’s college, define ‘women,’ and how, consequently, we both admit and graduate students."

The letter also said that the school would likely have a series of town hall meetings in early 2015 to discuss the policy before the Board of Trustees considered changes. 

Read the full article here.