womensenews.org – By Krystie Lee Yandoli – WeNews correspondent
New York (WomensENews) — Gender-neutral or “open” dorms may be increasingly commonplace on U.S. campuses, but they aren’t expected at women’s colleges, a presumably single-sex refuge.
This fall Barnard College for Women in New York will be shaking that notion up by offering its first gender-neutral housing on a trial-run basis. Students will have the option to select a number of co-ed doubles in one of five traditional residence halls on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.