Simmons University

world designed specifically for women. Today, the undergraduate program is women-centered, while the graduate schools are coed.
In 2014, Simmons College teamed up with for-profit online program manager 2U, a deal that would generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues for the school.
In November 2014, the institution released an explicit policy on the acceptance of transgender students, claiming a strong tradition of empowering women and challenging traditional gender roles and a "rich history of inclusion." Its undergraduate program accepts applicants who are assigned female at birth as well as those who self-identify as women, making Simmons the third women-centered college in the United States to accept transgender women. Government documentation of gender is not required. (Graduate programs are co-educational, so gender identity is not of concern.)
In 2016, the MBA program went online as MBA@Simmons, and began admitting men.
In 2018, Simmons College changed its name to Simmons University after reorganizing …