Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Economics and Finance
Education
Energy
Environment
Extreme poverty
Food
Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples
International Law
Migration
Refugees
Sustainable Development
Trade and Development
Water
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Social Development:
Conflict
Indigenous issues
Poverty
Social policy
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Capacity-building
Climate change
Education
Energy
Finance
Forests
Gender equality
International law
Land management
Major Groups
Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.)
Mining
Mountains
Poverty
Trade and environment
Waste Management
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
United States of America
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Promote gender equality and empower women
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1969 |
| Organizational structure: |
Responsible citizenship requires collaborative attitudes and skills. This is the main rationale for College of the Atlantic's commitment to participatory governance and consensus building. It is exemplified here by creative ways of running meetings, resolving disputes, utilizing computer technologies, and working in partnerships with outside communities. In keeping with the central ideas of community and responsibility, the College governs itself through a combination of participatory and representative democracy. Students serve on all College committees, from Academic Affairs to Personnel, with full voting rights. In addition, five alumni now serve on the Board of Trustees. The All College Meeting, held every week and moderated by a student, is a regular assembly where the work of the committees is reviewed by the community as a whole. In a recent orientation for new students, a former All College Meeting moderator expressed her appreciation of COA's governance system in these words: "At COA we have a unique opportunity to affect the directions of our lives. As students we choose our academic programs, take responsibility for our living situations, and cook our own dinners. As a human community and a community of scholars, we work to strengthen our bonds to one another intellectually, socially, and through our system of governance." "The purpose of the governance system is twofold. The system is, first, a mechanism to encourage innovative, participatory administration of the College. Beyond that, however, it is also an integral aspect of education at COA. Through participation in the governance system, we learn about everything from the democratic process to building codes, from affirmative action law to group dynamics, from diplomacy to stress management. We learn to listen and we learn to communicate." "In short, we have an opportunity to involve ourselves in the decisions that affect our lives while at the College, an opportunity that is rare among institutions of higher learning. Involvement in governance is one way of expressing the long-term commitment to COA that many of us here feel deeply." |
| Number and type of members: |
Full-time Faculty — 29 Part-time Faculty — 15 Enrollment (Fall 2010) — 353 undergraduate students; 6 graduate students Geographic Distribution — 38 states and 34 foreign countries United States: Middle Atlantic: 18% New England: 35% Midwest: 12% South 10% West 8% Southwest 1% International 16% |
| Funding structure: |
Fees for education and training services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Fundraising campaigns
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