Description: This is the first COA academic catalog. "This catalogue is the result of two years of planning and thought. In many ways it is just a beginning. We are proposing a new direction in higher education, based on the changing needs of our social and natural environment. College of the Atlantic is a mission-oriented institution. We espouse a broadly-based education as a means of providing the necessary perspective for the study and understanding of human ecology. The program is problem centered, but is designed to utilize the thought and research generated by theoretical study." [show more]
Description: The Davis house was designed by Ernest McMullen for Dick and Norah Davis. It was built by people in the Environmental Design Program. It is a demonstration model of low cost, alternative energy housing which makes use of two windmills, a solar heating system, a small wood stove and heavy insulation.
Description: The Davis house was designed by Ernest McMullen for Dick and Norah Davis. It was built by people in the Environmental Design Program. It is a demonstration model of low cost, alternative energy housing which makes use of two windmills, a solar heating system, a small wood stove and heavy insulation.
Description: Tabbutt (foreground) and Pierce (background) during the summer of 1971 an experimental pilot program brought 13 students and 3 faculty members to the college to test and evaluate certain aspects of the proposed curriculum. Participants in the summer program worked together in a multidisciplinary workshop, and joined the staff and trustees in raising and answering questions about the future direction of the college.
Description: Student Tabbutt during the summer of 1971 an experimental pilot program brought 13 students and 3 faculty members to the college to test and evaluate certain aspects of the proposed curriculum. Participants in the summer program worked together in a multidisciplinary workshop, and joined the staff and trustees in raising and answering questions about the future direction of the college.
Description: Background Edwin Geissler, Diane Pierce, and Alex Paine. Foreground David Paine (Alex's brother) and Glenn Paulsen Students during the summer of 1971 an experimental pilot program brought 13 students and 3 faculty members to the college to test and evaluate certain aspects of the proposed curriculum. Participants in the summer program worked together in a multidisciplinary workshop, and joined the staff and trustees in raising and answering questions about the future direction of the college. [show more]