BATES COLLEGE

Bates College appears to make DEI statements optional following FIRE letter

The school has made DEI statements optional for faculty applications after the Foundation for Individual Rights and…

By Joshua Odutola '24
Aug 20, 2024

OPINION: Leftist academics could learn something from Tyler Austin Harper

Harper highlights how the concept of 'color-blindness' has transitioned from a virtue of civil rights-era progress …

By Jared Gould
Aug 31, 2023

Bates College mandates 'Race, Power, Privilege and Colonialism' curriculum

After a lengthy debate, Bates College is will mandate that students fulfill a graduation requirement on race and pr…

By William Biagini '24
Apr 13, 2023

College hires 'faculty activist' as its new president

Crystal Williams has a history of being an activist at Reed College and Boston University.

By Alexa Schwerha
Jan 6, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Bates College considers requiring ALL students to take courses on ‘white supremacy,' ‘power and privilege,' 'colonialism'

A working group at Bates College has recommended that students, regardless of major, take multiple courses related …

By Mckenna Dallmeyer '22
Oct 1, 2021