Clayton Spencer
| Clayton Spencer | |
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Spencer speaking at a press event in 2014
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| 8th President of Bates College | |
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Assumed office July 1, 2012 |
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| Provost | Matthew Auer (2013 - 2017) |
| Preceded by | Elaine Tuttle Hansen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ava Clayton Spencer December 15, 1954 Concord, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Lewiston, Maine, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Williams College University of Oxford Harvard University Yale University |
| Occupation | U.S. academic administrator, policymaker, and attorney |
| Website | Office of the President of Bates College |
| Endowment Value | AUM | Donations | ||||
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| 2012 | $216 million | 0.0% | $432.8 million | 0.0% | $12.2 million | 0.0% |
| 2013 | $233.8 million | +8.2% | $449.9 million | +3.9% | $12.0 million | -1.6% |
| 2014 | $263.8 million | +12.8% | $539.8 million | +19.9% | $16.0 million | +33.3% |
| 2015 | $261.5 million | -0.8% | $541.8 million | +0.3% | $21.6 million | +35.0% |
| 2016 | $250.9 million | -4.0% | $542.5 million | +0.3% | $28.2 million | +29.6% |
| Total gains | +$34,900,000 | +16.2% | Total gains | +24.4% | Total gains | +96.3% |
| Sources: NACUBO Fillings (2012 - 2016) & PriceWaterhouseCoopers Audited Financial Statement(s) (2012 - 2016) | ||||||
Clayton Spencer (born December 15, 1954) is a U.S. academic administrator, policymaker, and attorney. She is the 8th and current president of Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine; the second woman to hold the office. Born in Concord, North Carolina, Spencer is a graduate of Williams College, the University of Oxford, Harvard University, and Yale Law School, where she served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal. She was an attorney in Boston, before becoming the chief education counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources from 1993 to 1997.
In 1997, Spencer returned to Harvard University as a consultant for federal policy issues. The following year she was appointed Associate Vice President for Higher Education Policy of the undergraduate college. Soon after, Spencer became the institutional dean of the newly founded Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study eventually becoming Harvard's Vice President of Institutional Policy. In Fall 2012, after media speculation, Spencer was appointed the president of Bates College. From her inauguration in July 2012 to November 2016, Spencer has generated approximately $105 million for the college. During her tenure, Spencer ordered changes to the short term program by creating practitioner-taught courses, appointed committees to expand the college's curriculum, increased the market value of the school's endowment, and expanded the campus by refurbishing Smith Hall and building two new residential dorms, Kalperis and Chu Hall.
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