Notre Dame of Maryland University

of Maryland University with the approval of the state legislature, the General Assembly of Maryland, accrediting agencies, and the Catholic Church in the state. Previously a women's college, the board of trustees voted unanimously to become co-educational in September 2022 and admitted its first undergraduate men in the fall semester of 2023. Many students and alumnae did not want the university to include people of all gender identities and protested the board's decision.
In October 2023, the university announced that it will be acquiring the Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) in Laurel, Maryland. The programs from MUIH were anticipated to become part of a new School of Integrative Health by the end of 2024. In December 2024, the parties announced that they "continue to make progress during the transition period ... before final approval of a merger of MUIH into NDMU by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE). During the transition period, NDMU owns and continues to operate MUIH as a separately …