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Tamar Lewin, a longtime education reporter for the New York Times, came to College of the Atlantic in September-and obviously was won over.
"Eco-Education," the article she wrote for the November 4 Times' Sunday section, "Education Life," is a strong endorsement of the college's distinctive approach to education.
Discussing COA's one major, human ecology, Lewin mentions the school's sustainability efforts - everything from biodegradable linoleum to the college's plans to offset all carbon emissions the college can't reduce or avoid, adding, "The concept of human ecology goes much further, encompassing almost anything students elsewhere study: history, art, physics, literature. But whatever the subject, the focus here is on the interdisciplinary connections that distinguish the college, which has no departments."
During a jam-packed 28-hour visit, Lewin toured what she called COA's "extravagantly beautiful" campus, dined with students, attended classes, listened to the college's weekly All-College Meeting, and talked with alumni, faculty and administrators to get a sense of the college's hands-on experiential approach to education. "In a way," Lewin writes, "the very smallness of the community, and the lack of academic-department boundaries, encourage large-scale brainstorming."
Clearly, Lewin "gets" College of the Atlantic.
To read the article, visit: www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/education/edlife/lewin-atlantic.html?_r=2&ref=edlife&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
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