Elaine Tuttle Hansen is an American
academic administrator
Academic administration is a branch of university or college employees responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution and separate from the Faculty (academic staff), faculty or academics, although some personnel may have joint ...
, scholar and university professor who served as the
executive director
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The title is widely used in North American and European not-for-profit organizations, though ...
of the
Center for Talented Youth
The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) is a gifted education program for school-age children founded in 1979 by psychologist Julian Stanley at Johns Hopkins University. It was established as a research study into how academically adv ...
at
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...
from 2011 to 2018 and the 8th
President of Bates College from 2002 to 2011.
After serving as the
Provost of
Haverford College
Haverford College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), began accepting non-Quakers in 1849, and became coeducational ...
from 1995 to 2002, Hansen was installed as the seventh and first female president of Bates College in
Lewiston, Maine
Lewiston (; ; officially the City of Lewiston, Maine) is List of cities in Maine, the second largest city in Maine and the most central city in Androscoggin County, Maine, Androscoggin County. The city lies halfway between Augusta, Maine, August ...
. Her nine-year tenure as the college's president saw increased financial aid resources, faculty and student diversity, and modernization. Outside of her directorship she serves on the board of the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) is a U.S.-based education policy and research center. It was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1905 and chartered in 1906 by an act of the United States Congress. Among its most nota ...
and the
Educational Records Bureau
Educational Records Bureau (ERB) is an educational services Non-profit Organization that offers assessments for both admission and achievement for independent and selective public schools for Pre K-grade 12.
ERB was founded in 1927, and is h ...
. She is a scholar of
Middle English literature
The term Middle English literature refers to the literature written in the form of the English language known as Middle English, from the late 12th century until the 1470s. During this time the Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English be ...
,
contemporary women’s writing and
feminist theory
Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional, or philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. It examines women's and men's social roles, experiences, interests, chores, and feminist ...
.
She is a member of the
Modern Language Association
The Modern Language Association of America, often referred to as the Modern Language Association (MLA), is widely considered the principal professional association in the United States for scholars of language and literature. The MLA aims to "st ...
and served as the president of the
Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
The Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship (SMFS) is an academic organization which "promotes the study of the Patristic Age, the Middle Ages, and the Early Modern era from the perspective of gender studies, women's studies, and feminist st ...
. Hansen's feminist research and commentary focuses on modern feminist theory, motherhood socialization, gender roles and
gender equity
Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...
. She has also commented and wrote on the topics of academic administration, professorial ethics, and
admission standards in the United States.
Early life and career
Hansen graduated
Phi Beta Kappa
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from
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of elite historically women's colleges in the Northeastern United States.
...
in 1969. She received her
M.A.
A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...
from the
University of Minnesota
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in 1972 and
Ph.D.
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from the
University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...
in 1975. Hansen served as the Provost of
Haverford College
Haverford College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), began accepting non-Quakers in 1849, and became coeducational ...
from 1995–2002 and was a Professor of English at Haverford from 1980-2002. During this time she also was an Assistant Professor of English at
Hamilton College
Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, Oneida County, New York. It was founded as Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793 and was chartered as Hamilton College in 1812 in honor of inaugural trustee Alexander Hamilton, following ...
from 1978-1980.
Bates College
Presidency (2002–2011)
![The Commons, Bates College](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/The_Commons%2C_Bates_College.jpg)
Hansen was installed as the
seventh and first female president of
Bates College
Bates College () is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. Anchored by the Historic Quad, the campus of Bates totals with a small urban campus which includes 33 Victorian Houses as some of the dormitories. It maintains of nature p ...
on October 26, 2002 in
Lewiston, Maine
Lewiston (; ; officially the City of Lewiston, Maine) is List of cities in Maine, the second largest city in Maine and the most central city in Androscoggin County, Maine, Androscoggin County. The city lies halfway between Augusta, Maine, August ...
. Amid rising tensions between the Bates community and the city of Lewiston, Hansen released a message to the city outlining the college's impact in its development and historical significance. In a 2003 memo, she noted that the college's operating budget of $65 million, although originating outside of Maine, its expenditure was completely in-state. This accounted for nearly $6 million in direct payments to approximately 360 businesses in the
Lewiston and Auburn area, and $1.2 million directly to individuals. She later mentioned that although the college was at the time a
tax-exempt organization
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, she authorized $341,000 in fees for services and taxes to the city. Hansen cited the impact students and faculty have had on the economy of Lewiston ($70 million in direct spending by faculty, students, and visitors per year), as appropriate and meaningful integration into the community.
Hansen released an internal memo to the Bates community in late March 2003 regarding the
U.S. invasion or Iraq, noting the
campus protests and the resolution passed by the
student government's representative assembly condemning the
armed conflict
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. After
Hurricane Katrina
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, Hansen waved tuition requirements for all student affected by its impact in late 2005. She later coordinated with the
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
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(NAICU) to further
financial aid
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allocation by the college for students in need. In 2005, Hansen taught a Short Term class on Chaucer at Bates.
Hansen began the Presidential Symposium program at the college during her first years as president. In 2007, she began the first such symposium entitled, "College for ‘Coming Time’" followed by a 2008 symposium entitled, "Unswerving Values, Changing Times". A new symposium has been held at the college ever since, eventually transforming into the
Mount David Summit. In April 2007, Hansen sent an internal memo to the students of Bates regarding
the shooting at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, issuing new security protocols, and restating the current security measures in place at the college. In late 2007, Hansen announced the construction of
280 Hall, a new residence hall for 150 students at the foot of Mount David. In April 2008, expanded
the campus of Bates College by completing the construction of "
The Commons
The commons is the cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable Earth. These resources are held in common even when owned privately or publicly. Commons c ...
" at a cost of approximately $24 million.
During
the 2007-08 financial crisis and subsequent recession, Hansen released the meeting notes from the October 2008 Board of Trustees meeting. The notes were anticipated by the students as many feared for the economic stability of the college's endowment (i.e. financial aid). In the note, Hansen outlined the current economic climate as being in a period of "declining
markets
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* Market (economics), system in which parties engage in transactions according to supply and demand
* Market economy
*Marketplace, a physical marketplace or public market
Geography
*Märket, a ...
, higher
costs of borrowing, the potential impact on giving (i.e. fundraising, endowment spending, etc). Hansen mentioned that the college would have to restructure its 10-year financial model in order accommodate its promise to cover "the demonstrated need of all admitted students." She later commented, "I recognize that these are times of stress and concern for all, but I want you to know that the Trustees and I have every confidence in the strength and perseverance of this institution and the entire Bates community."
![Roger Williams Hall](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Roger_Williams_Hall.jpg)
On February 5, 2008, she alerted the Bates community about a letter sent to 136 U.S. colleges and universities by the chairman and ranking member of the
U.S. Senate Finance Committee
The United States Senate Committee on Finance (or, less formally, Senate Finance Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate. The Committee concerns itself with matters relating to taxation and other revenue measures general ...
,
Max Baucus
Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the longe ...
and
Charles Grassley
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. The letter proposed mandatory endowment payments and
tuition caps for institutions of higher learning that held at or above $500 million in
financial endowment
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s. Although Bates, at the time held only $275 million, many students began to
refinance loan packages prompting a memo to be issued by Hansen. She noted that although increased financial regulation is surely in the future for Bates, the college will not dismiss loans from its financial aid packages.
Hansen released a memo outlining fiscal year losses due to
the 2007-08 financial crisis and subsequent recession, noting a 31% market value loss. She lowered faculty increases but kept them positive during 2009-10. She announced that there will be no salary or hiring freezes, no
layoff
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s, and that the college "would cover 100% of the increase in
health care premiums for families." In 2010, Hansen earned $432,000 in salary, benefits and perks.
At the start of February 2011, Hansen renovated
Roger Williams Hall and Hedge Hall as a part of "Campus Facilities Master Plan". She released a facilities report later on in the month outlining a "distributed campus plan" by extending the walkways into the city of Lewiston.
Hansen announced in the academic year 2011 that she would step down as Bates College president. It was announced soon after that the Vice President of Institutional Policy of
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
,
Clayton Spencer
Ava Clayton Spencer (born December 15, 1954) is an American attorney and is the eighth president of Bates College. She previously served as the vice president for institutional policy at Harvard University from 2005 to 2012.
Her tenure over Bate ...
was to be appointed as her successor.
Johns Hopkins University
CTY Directorship (2011–2018)
After stepping down from the Bates College presidency, Hansen joined the leadership of
The Center for Talented Youth at
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...
. On August 1, 2011, she was appointed as the executive director of the university program.
On April 6, 2013, Hansen was the inauguration speaker for the incoming president of
Berea College
Berea College is a private liberal arts work college in Berea, Kentucky. Founded in 1855, Berea College was the first college in the Southern United States to be coeducational and racially integrated. Berea College charges no tuition; every adm ...
, Lyle Roelofs in
Berea, Kentucky
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.
In July 2013, she was profiled by ''Johns Hopkins Gazette'' where she was asked about the upcoming decade for the program and its priorities. She defined her top priory for the future of
The Center for Talented Youth at
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...
by stating:
The evolving role of online learning
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and hybrid educational programs will serve the needs of the most academically advanced students particularly well. Our increased understanding of how the human brain functions will enhance our ability to identify and nurture the most exceptional minds and improve the educational experiences of all learners.
The university announced that she was stepping down in August 2018.
Outside of the directorship
Hansen serves on the board of the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) is a U.S.-based education policy and research center. It was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1905 and chartered in 1906 by an act of the United States Congress. Among its most nota ...
and the
Educational Records Bureau
Educational Records Bureau (ERB) is an educational services Non-profit Organization that offers assessments for both admission and achievement for independent and selective public schools for Pre K-grade 12.
ERB was founded in 1927, and is h ...
. She also serves on the board of trustees at
Franklin & Marshall College
Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) is a private liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It employs 175 full-time faculty members and has a student body of approximately 2,400 full-time students. It was founded upon the merger of Fran ...
in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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.
She was an associate editor of the
Middle English Dictionary
''The Middle English Dictionary'' is a dictionary of Middle English published by the University of Michigan. "Its 15,000 pages offer a comprehensive analysis of lexicon and usage for the period 1175–1500, based on the analysis of a collection of ...
at the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
.
Hansen was also a past member and subsequent president of
Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
The Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship (SMFS) is an academic organization which "promotes the study of the Patristic Age, the Middle Ages, and the Early Modern era from the perspective of gender studies, women's studies, and feminist st ...
and a member of the
Modern Language Association
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.
Scholarship and commentary
Views on feminism
Hansen is a scholar of
Middle English literature
The term Middle English literature refers to the literature written in the form of the English language known as Middle English, from the late 12th century until the 1470s. During this time the Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English be ...
,
contemporary women’s writing and
feminist theory
Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional, or philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. It examines women's and men's social roles, experiences, interests, chores, and feminist ...
.
Hansen identifies herself as a
feminist
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who advances both gender equality and equity. Her stances on
mother
]
A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given childbirth, birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the cas ...
hood in society revolve around "conceptual splitting" or breaking up the concept into multiple areas, akin to
Intersectionality, inersectionality. She breaks up the notions of motherhood into multiple definitions such as full-time mothers, surrogate mothers, teenage mothers, adoptive mothers, mothers who live in poverty, and "
mothers with briefcases." Hansen states:
Although it seems clear that new, unprecedented pressures have recently called into question the meaning of ''mother,'' this assumption nonetheless simplifies the history of the term. Motherhood has meant many different things in the past, just as it means (and will no doubt continue to mean) different things in different cultures and subcultures today.
Views on academia
As an established scholar and academic administrator in
U.S. higher education, Hansen has published papers and expressed concern as well as acclaim for the operation of universities, academic standards, and accessibility. Hansen dismissed the theory of "grit prediction" put forward by Angela Lee Duckworth in an April 2013
TEDTalk
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.
She dismissed the claim that "grit" or "a combination of passion and perseverance for a singularly important goal,"
was the ultimate predictor of academic success, ahead of a students
intelligence quotient (I.Q.), family background, or
socioeconomic status
Socioeconomic status (SES) is an economic and sociological combined total measure of a person's work experience and of an individual's or family's economic access to resources and social position in relation to others. When analyzing a family's ...
.
Hansen asserted that if academics and professors burden themselves with "concerns about failing schools,
common core standards
The Common Core State Standards Initiative, also known as simply Common Core, is an educational initiative from 2010 that details what K–12 students throughout the United States should know in English language arts and mathematics at the concl ...
and teaching to the test" and the new theory of "grit prediction", they will fail to pursue the true goal of education: providing a quality education for everyone. She has stated that although "teachers are being directed to educate students to struggle, take risks and persist against adversity," they fail to acknowledge those who excel, thus discounting their performance and contributions. Hansen stated that "in the rush to add grit to the lesson plan, we risk leaping from anecdote to antidote, and making assumptions about the correlation, or not, between effort and intelligence."
She has made repeated calls for academics and professors to examine those who excel (i.e. those who are outliers) and integrate what they find to improve the aggregated academic experience in the classroom.
Being prepared for the rigorous of university work is another field Hansen comments on in interviews and articles. In an article for ''
The Chronicle of Higher Education
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'', entitled "Top Students, Too, Aren't Always Ready for College," Hansen defined in her words, "a serious college preparedness problem." She noted:
Our attitudes and practices send a loud and depressing message about how little we value academic achievement. From kindergarten through college, we must think harder about what we're saying when we focus on test scores, eliminate honors and AP classes, and cut what little financing exists for research on gifted students. Even as experts and pundits talk about the global achievement gap and the importance of creativity and innovation, few ask how we can raise the ceiling for the students already above the floor.
Her comments in the article were picked up by
National Public Radio
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(NPR), where
Michel Martin
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Background ...
criticized her stance on a students road to a university. Martin pointed out that students have been trained from early on that independent achievement is to be valued above all else; to solve this issue is nearly impossible. Hansen clarified that her stance on the issue was opening up the conversation not providing an immediate and definitive answer to the problem.
Hansen has commented on the relationship between the liberal arts and the
U.S. business sector in
letters to the editor
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, opinion editorials and articles. She has dismissed arguments brought forward by academics issuing that liberal arts colleges tend to disparage and undermine students who wish to participate in fields such as finance, business, and accounting. Author and 27th president of
Dickinson College
, mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning
, established =
, type = Private liberal arts college
, endowment = $645.5 million (2022)
, president = J ...
,
William G. Durden
William G. Durden is a former president of Dickinson College. He was a Fulbright scholar and a recipient of the Klingenstein Fellowship from Teacher's College, Columbia University.
Education
Durden completed high school at The Albany Academy i ...
charged liberal arts leaders with creating an elitist, “separatist” perspective. Hansen rejected this charge citing the "intellectual and ethical virtues fostered by their undergraduate experience" as a key to their success. She was quoted as saying:
Rather than faulting liberal education for failing to prevent greed and corruption in corporate America, we need to do a better job of communicating what the CEOs who prefer to hire liberal arts graduates already know: Although our expertise rests in academic disciplines and our worth to society has much to do with the intrinsic human need to learn, we have many “practical” programs, and access to the broad learning achieved through a liberal education gives our graduates a realistic understanding of the complexity of the world and prepares them for lives satisfying to themselves and useful to others.
Hansen has at times criticized collegiate admission practices stating that although restructuring the admissions platforms most universities use are generally agreed upon, how one is to do this is highly debatable. The shift from de-emphasizing individual performance and achievement, to general “authentically chosen” activities generating “emotional and ethical awareness and skills," is, according to Hansen, "doing more harm than good."
She refuted a report issued by the
Harvard School of Education which asserted that colleges and universities will have a better pool of students should they choose to admit students based on group activities, putting less value on individual contribution. Hansen asserts that implementing admission standards that focus on these metrics "invites only skepticism and confusion." She notes that admission officers can't reasonably deduce whether a student has an appropriate level of gratitude from a supplementary essay. To implement these subjective metrics would mean dramatic changes to the culture and
pedagogy
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of universities. Hansen states that
low-income students can't easily find the specific jobs and work experience required of them to fill subjective and speculative metrics. She goes on to state that "we know too little about how and when to identify, characterize, measure and develop the so-called noncognitive aspects of learning that this report asks colleges to evaluate. And I disagree that the gateway to college is the time or place to subject young people to the full impact of our ignorance about how to fairly assess things they should still be questioning and exploring -- like character, feelings, motives and values."
Personal life
Hansen is married to Stanley Hansen, a speech pathologist. They have two children: Emma, a student at
Macalester College
Macalester College () is a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Founded in 1874, Macalester is exclusively an undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 2,174 students in the fall of 2018 from 50 U.S. states, four U.S te ...
in
Saint Paul, Minnesota
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, and Isla, a student in Lewiston, Maine.
Awards and honors
* Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award
* Elizabeth Topham Kennan Outstanding Educator Award (2009)
Publications
Hansen has written literary critical articles,
opinion editorials, and reviews as well as three books:
* Hansen, Elaine T.
Reading Wisdom in Old English Poetry.
University of Toronto Press
The University of Toronto Press is a Canadian university press founded in 1901. Although it was founded in 1901, the press did not actually publish any books until 1911.
The press originally printed only examination books and the university calen ...
,
Toronto, Ontario
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. (1988)
* Hansen, Elaine T.
Chaucer and the Fictions of Gender.
University of California Press
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,
Oakland, California
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. (1992)
* Hansen, Elaine T.
Mother Without Child: Contemporary Fiction and the Crisis of Motherhood. University of California Press, Oakland, California. (1997)
* Hansen, Elaine T.
. ''
The Baltimore Sun
''The Baltimore Sun'' is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries.
Founded in 1837, it is currently owned by Tr ...
''.
Baltimore, Maryland
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. (2014)
* Hansen, Elaine T.
Kindness Won't Cure College Admissions. ''
Inside Higher Ed
''Inside Higher Ed'' is a media company and online publication that provides news, opinion, resources, events and jobs focused on college and university topics. In 2022, Quad Partners, a private equity firm, sold Inside Higher Education to Time ...
''.
Washington, D.C.
)
, image_skyline =
, image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
(2016)
See also
*
List of Bates College people
This list of notable people associated with Bates College includes Matriculation, matriculating students, Alumnus, alumni, attendees, faculty, trustees, and honorary degree recipients of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Members of the Bates co ...
*
List of Johns Hopkins University people
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Notable alumni
Nobel laureates
Academia, science, medicine and technology
Athletics
Business
Gov ...
*
List of Haverford College people
This List of Haverford College people includes alumni and faculty of Haverford College. As of 2010, Haverford alumni include 5 Nobel Prize laureates, 4 MacArthur Fellows, 20 Rhodes Scholarship recipients, 10 Marshall Scholarship recipients, 9 H ...
*
List of feminist theorists
References
Further reading
* Alfred, Williams Anthony. ''Bates College and Its Background''. (1936
Online Deposit
* Stuan, Thomas. ''The Architecture of Bates College.'' (2006)
* Chase, Harry. ''Bates College was named after Mansfield Man.'' (1878)
* Woz, Markus. ''Bates College – Traditionally Unconventional.'' (2002)
* Bates College Archives. ''Bates College Catalog.'' (1956–2017)
2017 Catalog
* Bates College Archives. ''Maine State Seminary Records.'
* Bates College Archives. ''Bates College Oral History Project.'
Online Deposit
* Clark, Charles E. ''Bates Through the Years: an Illustrated History.'' (2005)
* Smith, Dana. ''
Bates College – U. S. Navy V-12 Program Collection.'' (1943
Online Deposit
* Eaton, Mabel. General Catalogue of Bates College and
Cobb Divinity School
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