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And investors have a reason to prefer share cancellations to, say, offering a dividend, said Paul Shea, who teaches economics at ֲý College. “You don’t pay a dividend tax rate on it,” said Shea. “You pay a capital gains tax rate, which is lower for most people.”

Library Journal

Book Review: What Had Happened Was (not available online, PDF attached)

Charles A. Dana Professor of English and Africana Theri Pickens debut poetry collection, What Had Happened Was, received a glowing review: “This collection demands attention and introspection by offering a raw yet eloquent portrayal of the intersections of history, identity, and systemic oppression. It’s an essential read for people seeking to honor the complexity of the experiences of Black Americans.”

Sun Journal

Screenings for the festival will be held at the Portland Museum of Art, The Hill Arts, and Jewish Community Alliance in Portland ; the Eveningstar Cinema in Brunswick; the Maine Film Center in Waterville; and for students, at the ֲý College Olin Arts Center in Lewiston.

Higher Education Stories of Note

Boston Globe

New York Times

Inside Higher Education

Inside Higher Education

Chronicle of Higher Education

Boston Globe

An opinion piece by Ann Kirschner and Jeffrey Selingo on how It needs to reform now or risk irrelevance.

Washington Post (opinion)

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News Digest for February 12, 2025 /faculty/2025/02/12/news-digest-for-february-12-2025/ Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:22:00 +0000 https://bco-dev.bates.edu/faculty-expertise/?p=6443 Inside Higher Education

Leigh Weisenburger, dean of admission and vice president for enrollment at ֲý, said the new partnership isn’t specifically aimed at increasing racial diversity, but it is part of the university’s commitment to increasing “all kinds of diversity.” “Given the law, I don’t want to misconstrue [the QuestBridge partnership] as an attempt to racially diversify our class,” she said. “While we can’t consider race any longer, we obviously are continuing to do everything in our power to feed our prospect applicant pools in access-oriented ways.” (More quotes from Leigh in the full story)

Bowdoin Orient

“One student organizer from ֲý College, who preferred to stay anonymous, was glad to attend the rally and noted their inspiration at the work being done by Bowdoin SJP.

“Bowdoin and ֲý and Colby—these other liberal arts schools around the area—their whole vision is creating a university in which students are able to have critical thinking, to work together and organize and create things that are going to make the world a better place. And this is exactly what that is,” the student said. “It’s so sad to see the administration being completely against it.… I think all of us want to see these schools do what they promised, which is make the world a better place.’”

Sun Journal

(PDF contains select image of founders only since file is large)

Portland Press Herald

Liberal arts colleges like ֲý switched to remote learning briefly in 2020 but were soon back on campus. ֲý Vice President for Academic Affairs Malcolm Hill said most students fall in the traditional college age group, and so much learning happens outside the classroom through clubs, sports and hallway conversations.

Santa Fe New Mexican

“Adventurer in the Arts at the New Mexico Museum of Art will include more than 40 paintings and drawings by Hartley that span nearly four decades of his artistic exploration. The exhibition was developed through a collaboration between the Vilcek Foundation and the ֲý College Museum of Art in Maine, and includes three major paintings by Hartley that are part of the New Mexico Museum of Art permanent collection.”

WGME 13

“Most NIH-funding research occurs outside of federal government institutions such as both public and private universities and colleges. In Maine, the University of Maine System, Jackson Laboratory, MaineHealth, UNE, ֲý College, Colby College, and Wabanaki Mental Health Association, NPC, and others have received NIH funding.”

Higher Education Stories of Note

Boston Globe

Washington Post

Chronicle of Higher Education

New York Times

Inside Higher Education
 

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News Digest for February 5, 2025 /faculty/2025/02/05/news-digest-for-february-5-2025/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:33:00 +0000 https://bco-dev.bates.edu/faculty-expertise/?p=6450 Renewable Energy Magazine

The report also includes real-world case studies from eight colleges and universities, including ֲý College, the University of Maine, Boston University, Connecticut College, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Iowa, that share their lessons learned on the pathway to decarbonisation.

Higher Education Stories of Note

Inside Higher Education

Inside Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Boston Globe

The Atlantic

New York Times

New York Times

Boston Globe

Inside Higher Education

Wall Street Journal

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News Digest for January 29, 2025 /faculty/2025/01/19/news-digest-for-january-29-2025/ Sun, 19 Jan 2025 18:33:00 +0000 https://bco-dev.bates.edu/faculty-expertise/?p=6449 Coverage of our QuestBridge announcement included this Lewiston Sun Journal story  which also ran in the . Locally, NewsCenter Maine  about the partnership and  also covered. The Harvard Crimson mentioned ֲý in its  and distribution of our  story was picked up by outlets inclluding the  and  and likely via the Crimson’s story, reached as far as 

Higher Education Stories of Note

New York Times

Inside Higher Education

Chronicle of Higher Education

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Chronicle of Higher Education

Chronicle of Higher Education

Wall Street Journal

New York Times

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