Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The Education Department’s civil rights arm said admitting “biological males” to the women’s college may violate anti-discrimination laws. Smith College, one of the nation’s largest single-sex schools with about 2,500 students, has been admitting transgender students since 2015, along with several other top women’s colleges. Credit... Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times May 5, 2026 Updated 3:31 p.m. ET The Education Department has opened a civil rights investigation into whether Smith College, the women’s school in Northampton, Mass., violated anti-discrimination laws by allowing transgender students to enroll. The inquiry broadens the Trump administration’s bid to limit rights for the nation’s transgender students by targeting school admissions for the first time.…