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Drone photography operated and captured by Theophil Syslo on October 10, 2024. (Theophil Syslo | Bates College)
In the News: Oct. 10, 2025

Friday, October 10, 2025 10:44 am

For Mother Jones, in a Sept. 24 article headlined “How America’s Elite Colleges Breed High-Status Careers—and Misery,” journalist Evan Mandery named Bates as an outlier — for its emphasis on meaning and purpose.

In the news: Sept. 25, 2025

Thursday, September 25, 2025 2:31 pm

A selection of recent mentions of Bates people in the news, including coverage of new poetry from a faculty member along with commentaries on the homelessness crisis, the Trump administration’s spending bill, and rural students in higher education.