Click on the link above for the Bates College Self-Study Report for the College's 2000 reaccreditation review.  The members of the Bates College Accreditation Team believe that the report reflects Bates College fairly, while also formally addressing the very specific standards and guidelines that we must consider at NEASC's request.  As the Accreditation Team met throughout 1999-2000, it provided members of the Bates community the opportunity to make comments on numerous occasions.  The Statistical Appendices to the Self-Study (over 400 pages) are only available in  hard copy format.  Copies of both documents will be on reserve in Ladd Library, or available for inspection in the Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis (202 Lane Hall).

The Hypertext Self-Study Report:  We have embedded links throughout the online document to connect the reader directly to existing sections of the Bates Online web that may clarify, expand upon, or provide further documentation of the text.  The Self-Study Report stands by itself as the College's official document supporting the reaccreditation review.  The links are intended supplement the text, and are provided as a service for the convenience of the reader.  If you have an active web connection, you can click on any text surrounded by an outline box to open a web link to a supporting document.  (The links connect the reader to pages that existed on the Bates web as of September 1, 2000.  As the web changes, it is inevitable that some of the links will break.  Most links will remain valid, but we are unable to update or repair the broken ones.) 

Reading the on-line version:  The report  is posted electronically in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.   Acrobat Reader software can be downloaded for major computer operating systems without charge.  You should be able to view or print the document using Acrobat Reader. When you view the document, you may wish to open the Acrobat bookmark window--links are set up help the reader navigate to each section of the Self-Study. When you view the document on your screen and follow the embedded links in the document, you may either have to use your web browser back arrow, or switch to the Acrobat Reader application to return to the Self-Study document.  (This will depend on how you have configured your software.)  If you have difficulty reading the document in your web browser, you may want to update your browser, or save the report to disk and open it directly into Adobe Acrobat. The embedded link indicators (the boxes around the text) will not print if you decide to print the document.)

Send a general comment to all members of the Accreditation Team at Bates College.

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