Bates at a Glance

1999-2000

Bates is recognized as one of the nation's finest colleges of the liberal arts and sciences. Founded in 1855, it was the first coeducational college in the East and is among the oldest in the nation. The abolitionist beliefs of the founders of Bates College have led to a pervasive egalitarian tradition. Bates is recognized for its inclusive social character; there have never been any fraternities or sororities, and student organizations are open to all. Bates offers students 32 majors and encourages academic achievement through numerous opportunities to pursue undergraduate research with a distinguished faculty, as well as academic projects involving service and learning.
The 109-acre Bates campus is located in a quiet residential area in the twin cities of Lewiston-Auburn, Maine. It is 35 miles north of Portland, and 140 miles north of Boston. The College maintains the 574-acre Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area along the coast, 40 miles from campus, and 80 acres of fresh water habitat at the Coastal Center at Shortridge, just north of that area. The White Mountains, the Appalachian Trail, and major Maine and New Hampshire ski areas are all easy day trips from Bates.
Among the landmarks on the picturesque, tree-lined campus is the Olin Arts Center. The award-winning facility houses a concert hall and an art museum, where the public may view, free of charge, a variety of exhibitions. Also open to the public is the Muskie Archives, repository for the papers of the late Edmund S. Muskie '36, former Maine governor, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of State. Hathorn Hall, the original campus building, dates from 1856 and appears on the National Register of Historic Places. Bates has built 11 major buildings in the last 21 years, including the Residential Village and the Underhill Arena. Pettengill Hall, an $18-million, five-level, 91,000-square-foot academic building, opened in fall 1999.
Each summer the College hosts the highly acclaimed Bates Dance Festival, which combines study and performance and features nationally recognized dancers. Summer also brings to the campus the popular Lakeside Concert Series, the All-Sports Camp for youngsters, an institute for high-school debaters (Bates is renowned for its intercollegiate debate program and was the first U.S. college to engage in international debating), Elderhostel, teacher and student enrichment institutes in a variety of fields, and other educational and cultural activities for the public.

(as of October 1, 1999)

Fall 1999 on-campus enrollment 1,672

Bates programs abroad* 1999 enrollment 34

Total enrollment, Fall 1999 1,706

The fall 1999 student body is composed of 49 percent males, 51 percent females, and 12 percent multicultural and international students. Residents of 49 states, districts, and territories, as well as 48 foreign countries are represented in the student body.
*includes Bates Fall Semester Abroad and Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Programs Abroad.

(as of October 1, 1999)

Total First-Year Applicants for the fall of 1999 3,860

Total First-Years Accepted (32.8 percent) 1,266

Total First-Years Enrolled (37.8 percent yield) 479

Transfer students enrolled 2

Thirty-eight states and districts, as well as 33 foreign countries are represented in the entering class, 15.7 percent of whom are multicultural or international. 61.5 percent of entering first-year students ranked in the top 10 percent of their high-school class, and 34.7 percent applied as early-decision candidates.

A comprehensive fee of $31,400 has been set for 1999-2000. This single fee includes tuition, room, and board.
Six hundred eighty-eight students (approximately 40 percent of enrolled students) received need-based, College-administered scholarships and grants, with an average grant of $15,873. The average financial-aid package, including loans and campus employment, is $20,449. For the entering class in 1999, the average grant was $18,732 and the average financial-aid package was $21,717.
For academic year 1999-2000, the following financial-aid awards are expected to be made:

Institutional Grants $10,920,958

Federal, State, and Private Grants $1,024,854

Loans $2,485,183

Federal Work-Study/Campus Employment $1,114,877

Total Awards $15,545,872

Bates follows a 4-4-1 calendar with fall and winter semesters followed by a Short Term in May. Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees are awarded. Twenty-four departmental, eight interdisciplinary, and individual student-designed majors are available. Bates sponsors Fall Semester Abroad programs (locations vary), and students may participate in several cooperative or consortium-sponsored domestic or international study programs.
Majors
African American Studies, American Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Art, Biological Chemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chinese, Classical and Medieval Studies, East Asian Studies, Economics, English, Environmental Studies, French, Geology, German, History, Japanese, Mathematics, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Rhetoric, Russian, Sociology, Spanish, Theater, and Women's Studies.
Four hundred sixty-one degrees were awarded in 1999. Of the cohort entering in fall of 1993, 86.9 percent graduated within six years.
Bates is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching, and the American Chemical Society. It maintains chapters of Phi Beta Kappa and of Sigma Xi, the national scientific research and honor society.

Headcount (teaching and on leave)
(58 percent male; 42 percent female; 14 percent minority) 191

Financial full-time equivalent (FTE) 163.16

Student/faculty ratio (Financial FTE) 10.2 to 1

Percent of tenured or tenure-track faculty with
a doctorate or terminal degree in their field 99.2

The George and Helen Ladd Library houses 499,777 catalogued volumes, 280,652 microforms, 24,994 audiovisual materials, and 1,964 periodical subscriptions. On-line services include the Expanded Academic Index ASAP, Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, Dialog, and approximately 60 additional Web-accessible databases. There are more than 1,000 electronic journals, full-text titles or other electronic resources available from the catalog, including titles from Project Muse and JSTOR. The library has an on-line catalog http://ladd.bates.edu and is a member of the CBB Library Consortium, with on-line access and direct patron-generated borrowing with Bowdoin and Colby colleges. The Library Instruction Room is equipped with Macintosh and IBM-compatible computers; additional facilities are available for viewing and listening by individuals and groups. Study spaces are available for 635 students, including 75 with power and data connections for portable computers. The library is a selective depository for U.S. and Maine government documents.
Computing services are offered to faculty, students, and staff free of charge with 24-hour unlimited access to the academic DEC Alpha 2100 dual processor RISC computer named abacus, and to personal computers, both Macintosh and IBM-compatible, in the public computing areas. The main academic computing areas are located in Treat Gallery, Pettigrew Hall, and Pettengill Hall. Student assistants staff the Help Desk during evening and weekend hours. There are public computers in most main classroom buildings. There are also many specialized labs for different academic departments. Academic and administrative buildings and all student residences are networked, and all students are given electronic mail and network storage accounts. "Bates Online" provides menu-driven access to campus events calendars and services as well as to databases and resources on the`global Internet. The Language Resource Center offers a variety of language-specific software and other computer technology`to enhance classroom activities, word processing, and World Wide Web exploration.

Bates is a residential campus, and 90 percent of the students live in one of 13 dormitories or 25 Victorian houses. Bates has never had fraternities or sororities, and campus organizations are open to any student who wishes to join. The student centers include the Benjamin E. Mays '20 social and study center; the Ronj, a student-run coffeehouse; and Chase Hall, the central location on campus for dining and student activities. Bates students may participate in any of 71 recognized student organizations. In 1998-1999, Bates students contributed more than 56,000 hours to the local community through projects arranged in cooperation with the Bates Center for Service-Learning. More than half of the student body participated in a service-learning project, with service-learning taking place in virtually every academic department.
Athletics
Bates is a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), which includes Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut, Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, and Williams colleges as well as Tufts and Wesleyan universities. There are 15 varsity sports for men, 15 varsity sports for women, and 12 club sports. Sixty-two percent of Bates students participate in a club or varsity sport, one of the highest participation rates in the country.
Facilities include the Alumni Gymnasium, the Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building, the Leahey baseball diamond, and the James G. Wallach '64 Tennis Complex (scheduled for completion in Spring 2000), as well as a full complement of athletic fields. The Margaret Hopkins Merrill Gymnasium contains the 200-meter, six-lane Walter Slovenski Indoor Track; indoor squash, racquetball, and tennis courts; weight and fitness equipment; and the 25-meter, eight-lane Tarbell Pool. The Joseph A. Underhill Arena includes an indoor ice rink and the Davis Fitness Center.

Alumni graduates of record 14,004

Annual Giving (1998-99)

Total private support $20,893,309

Total gifts from alumni $6,949,841

Total support from bequests $9,830,171

Annual Alumni Fund $1,971,779

Parents Annual Fund $386,841

Fifty percent of solicited alumni graduates donated to the College in academic year 1998-1999.
In November 1998, President Emeritus Charles F. Phillips and Evelyn M. Phillips left to Bates a bequest of nearly $9 million, the largest gift in Bates' history and believed to be the largest gift ever from a U.S. college president and spouse to an institution.

Administration/Governance
Donald W. Harward
President
Jill N. Reich
Vice President for Academic Affairs and
Dean of the Faculty
Peter C. Fackler
Vice President for Financial Affairs and
Treasurer of the Corporation
Victoria M. Devlin
Vice President for Development and Alumni Affairs
William C. Hiss '66
Vice President for Administrative Services
James W. Carignan '61
Dean of the College
F. Celeste Branham
Dean of Students
Wylie L. Mitchell
Dean of Admissions
James L. Moody Jr. '53
Chair, Board of Fellows

Concierge (General Information)
(207) 786- 6255

President's Office
(207) 786-6100

Admissions Office
(207) 786-6000

Development Office
(207) 786-6245

Alumni Office
(207) 786-6127

Office of College Relations
(207) 786- 6330

Financial Aid Office
(207) 786-6060

Dean of Students
(207) 786-6222

Dean of the Faculty
(207) 786-6066

Human Reources Office
(207) 786-6140

Admissions
admissions@bates.edu

Alumni
alumni@bates.edu

Financial Aid
finaid@bates.edu

World Wide Web
http://www.bates.edu

Bates values a diverse college community. Moreover, Bates does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, age, or disability, in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the administration of its educational policies and programs, or in the recruitment and employment of its faculty and staff.