Last week the University of Iowa added an optional question to its application for undergraduate admission: “Do you identify with the LGBTQ Community?” The university has also given applicants a third gender option, allowing prospective undergraduates and graduate students to identify themselves as “transgender” instead of “male” or “female.”

Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-Iowa-Will-Ask-Applicants/136269/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en