No single ranking, test, or measure can do justice to the diverse range of accomplishments of Bates students, faculty and staff, and alumni.  Just as any artist's portfolio contains a wide assortment of works, the links compiled here help to tell the story of a liberal arts college that is engaged, academically rigorous, supportive of individuals, and connected to the local and global community.

The "Achievements and Outcomes" section of the Bates College Institutional Portfolio brings together a variety of stories and links compiled from around our web pages that help to demonstrate the kinds of things that members of the Bates community do so well.   Some of the links tell stories about individuals or programs; others present hard data; and still others give a sense of how Bates seeks to evaluate and improve itself in the future.  This section is loosely organized around the following categories shown on the right.