{"id":65179,"date":"2013-05-03T15:44:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T19:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=65179"},"modified":"2023-11-21T11:02:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T16:02:36","slug":"maine-magazine-profiles-president-clayton-spencer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2013\/05\/03\/maine-magazine-profiles-president-clayton-spencer\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine magazine profiles President Clayton Spencer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The profile of President Spencer in the April 2013 issue of Maine magazine carries the headline “Grit and Shared Enterprise.”<\/p><\/div>\n

In the April issue of Maine <\/i>magazine, President Clayton Spencer talks about her love affair with Maine and her philosophy of “shared enterprise.”<\/p>\n

In a profile titled \u201cGrit and Shared Enterprise<\/strong>,\u201d<\/a> Spencer tells writer Sarah Braunstein, \u201cI loved what I did at Harvard. But if headhunters called asking if I was interested in a presidency, I would always say: \u2018Call me when it\u2019s Maine.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaine,\u201d she continues, \u201cis a granite state, not a sand state. What I respect most about New England \u2014 and Maine \u2014 is its substance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Substance, she says, is central to the important work that lies ahead for Bates, particularly her emphasis on financial aid.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s critical that we\u2019re on the side of opportunity, not on the side of greater wealth stratification or income inequality.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a leader, she tells Braunstein, she prefers the notion of \u201cshared enterprise\u201d over the concept of transparency. The latter, she explains, implies \u201cothers on the outside looking in.\u201d She would much rather see the community working together on the issues and challenges facing the college, and viewing the work as a shared experience.<\/p>\n