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The Strategic Planning Steering Committee articulated a set of core values to serve as a compass for this work. Our values serve as touchstones for the choices we make and the priorities we set.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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We believe in the transformative power of a liberal arts education and through a culture of deep inquiry, creative exploration, critical thinking, and a passion for learning.<\/p><\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>

Academic Excellence & Intellectual Curiosity<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

We believe in the transformative power of a liberal arts education and through a culture of deep inquiry, creative exploration, critical thinking, and a passion for learning.<\/p><\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a>

Academic Excellence & Intellectual Curiosity<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We believe the richest learning emerges through engagement across difference and recognize that this requires us to create and sustain a community where everyone\u2014from all identities, backgrounds, and experiences\u2014can thrive.<\/p><\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>

Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

We believe the richest learning emerges through engagement across difference and recognize that this requires us to create and sustain a community where everyone\u2014from all identities, backgrounds, and experiences\u2014can thrive.<\/p><\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a>

Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bates students, faculty, and staff learn and grow together in a community that fosters lifelong relationships, with all members contributing to a welcoming, open, and supportive environment.<\/p><\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>

Collaborative Community & Residential Learning<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

Bates students, faculty, and staff learn and grow together in a community that fosters lifelong relationships, with all members contributing to a welcoming, open, and supportive environment.<\/p><\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a>

Collaborative Community & Residential Learning<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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We prepare students to lead with integrity, empathy, social responsibility, and a commitment to the greater good.<\/p><\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>

Civic Engagement & Ethical Leadership<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

We prepare students to lead with integrity, empathy, social responsibility, and a commitment to the greater good.<\/p><\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a>

Civic Engagement & Ethical Leadership<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We act as responsible stewards of our financial, institutional and natural resources to ensure a thriving future for generations to come.<\/p><\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>

Stewardship & Sustainability<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

We act as responsible stewards of our financial, institutional and natural resources to ensure a thriving future for generations to come.<\/p><\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a>

Stewardship & Sustainability<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We honor the radical nature of our founding by continually examining the status quo. Bates is a community in which all members are invited to imagine how we might do things in new and better ways\u2014and to see possibility in every dimension of the Bates experience and beyond.<\/p><\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>

Exploration & Innovation<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

We honor the radical nature of our founding by continually examining the status quo. Bates is a community in which all members are invited to imagine how we might do things in new and better ways\u2014and to see possibility in every dimension of the Bates experience and beyond.<\/p><\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a>

Exploration & Innovation<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n