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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 |
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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 |
|
Federal Work-Study/Campus Employment |
$1,114,877 |
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)
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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)
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6255
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President's Office
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Admissions Office
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Development Office
| (207) 786-6245
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Alumni Office
| (207) 786-6127
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Office of College Relations
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6330
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Financial Aid Office
| (207) 786-6060
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Dean of Students
| (207) 786-6222
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Dean of the Faculty
| (207) 786-6066
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Human Reources Office
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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.
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