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In the April issue of Maine magazine, President Clayton Spencer talks about her love affair with Maine and her philosophy of “shared enterprise.”

In a profile titled Spencer tells writer Sarah Braunstein, 鈥淚 loved what I did at Harvard. But if headhunters called asking if I was interested in a presidency, I would always say: 鈥楥all me when it鈥檚 Maine.鈥欌��

鈥淢aine,鈥� she continues, 鈥渋s a granite state, not a sand state. What I respect most about New England 鈥� and Maine 鈥� is its substance.鈥�

Substance, she says, is central to the important work that lies ahead for 乐播传媒, particularly her emphasis on financial aid.

鈥淚t鈥檚 critical that we鈥檙e on the side of opportunity, not on the side of greater wealth stratification or income inequality.鈥�

As a leader, she tells Braunstein, she prefers the notion of 鈥渟hared enterprise鈥� over the concept of transparency. The latter, she explains, implies 鈥渙thers on the outside looking in.鈥� 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.