"NEW YORK (AP) - Barnard College has decided to admit transgender women, becoming the latest women's college to issue a new policy acknowledging the fluidity of gender.
The new policy, announced Thursday, says Barnard will consider applicants who consistently live and identify as women.That excludes transgender men -- those born female but identifying as male.
The decision is an attempt to balance Barnard's identity as a women's college with what the school calls "an evolving understanding of gender identity."
The decision makes Barnard the last of the traditional Seven Sisters colleges to update their admissions policies.
Each school has come up with a slightly different formula.
Though it won't admit transgender men, Barnard said it would still give its full support to any student who makes such a transition while enrolled."
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