[-]The Massachusetts institution last week became the latest women’s college to adopt a more-inclusive stance toward transgender applicants, unveiling a policy that allows any qualified student who is female or identifies as a woman to be considered for admission to its undergraduate program. We felt like it was time to come out with a policy that reduced the burdens on an already marginalized and vulnerable population, Ms. Pasquerella said, referring to students who are born biologically male but identify as women. We must prepare our students for what it’s like to live in shoes other than our own. Mount Holyoke’s policy change, which follows on the heels of a similar shift at Mills College, in Oakland, Calif., highlights how women’s colleges in the United States are grappling with the question of how inclusive to be.[-] chronicle/article/Women-s-Colleges-Drop/148705/?key=HW96c1gyZiBGZiw1ZTpDYGpUP3FkY0kiZHBMOHwnbl9RGA==
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 21:40:35 +0000
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