Columbia University settlement commits to sex-separated athletics and housing on federal terms
- Date
- Actor
- Columbia University; White House / U.S. Department of Education
- Agency
- Department of Education (ED)
- Type
- Institutional compliance
Summary
As part of a settlement resolving federal civil-rights investigations and restoring suspended research funding (reported at more than $200 million in payments), Columbia agreed to provide women, on request, single-sex housing and "all-female sports, locker rooms, and showering facilities," applying the administration's biological definition of sex. Columbia's sex-definition commitments were narrower than Brown's, concentrated on athletics and requested accommodations.
Status
In effect; served as the template for subsequent university agreements. (See also sections 5 and 9.)
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Sources
- theconversation.com/exactly-what-is-in-the-ivy-league-deals-with-the-trump-admi…(opens another site)
- hunton.com/insights/legal/civil-rights-enforcement-following-columbias-settleme…(opens another site)
- insidehighered.com/news/government/politics-elections/2025/07/25/columbia-settl…(opens another site)