Kwalejin Atlantic

Kwalejin Atlantic (COA) kwaleji ce mai zaman kanta ta fasaha mai sassaucin ra'ayi a Bar Harbor a Dutsen Desert Island, Maine . An kafa ta a shekarar 1969, tana ba da digiri na farko da na biyu (M.Phil.) kawai a fannin ilimin halittu na ɗan adam, wata hanya ce ta ilmantarwa tsakanin fannoni daban-daban. Wuraren da aka mayar da hankali a kai sun haɗa da fasaha da ƙira, kimiyyar muhalli, ilimin ɗan adam, nazarin ƙasashen duniya, tsarin abinci mai dorewa, takardar shaidar malamai da karatun ilimi, da kuma kasuwanci mai alhakin zamantakewa. Kwalejin Atlantic ta sami amincewa daga Hukumar Ilimi Mai Girma ta New England. Harabar makarantar ta ƙunshi 37 acres (15 ha) a kan Frenchman Bay, gonaki biyu na halitta, tashoshin bincike guda biyu na tsibiran da ke wajen teku, da kuma 100 acres (40 ha) yanki mai kariya. Gonakin, Beech Hill Farms da Peggy Rockefeller Farms, dakunan gwaje-gwaje ne na rayuwa don azuzuwan karatu da binciken ɗalibai. Gonakin Peggy Rockefeller sun haɗa da dabbobi, amfanin gona, da gonakin 'ya'yan itace. Beech Hill Farm yana samar da amfanin gona. Dukansu suna ba wa zauren cin abinci kayan abinci na halitta, ƙwai, da nama. Gidajen tsibirin da ke wajen teku sun haɗa da Tashar Bincike ta Alice Eno Field a Tsibirin Great Duck inda ɗalibai ke gudanar da bincike kan ƙananan halittun Leach, guillemots, gulls, sparrows da sauran fannoni na tarihin halitta. Tashar Bincike ta Edward McCormick Blair da ke kan Dutsen Desert Rock cibiya ce ta nazarin dabbobi masu shayarwa na ruwa da batutuwan teku . Tarihi Mazauna tsibirin Mount Desert ne suka ƙirƙiro Kwalejin Atlantic, waɗanda ke son ƙarfafa tattalin arzikin tsibirin a lokacin hutun bazara, lokacin da kudaden shiga daga yawon buɗe ido suka ragu, ta hanyar kafa cibiyar ilimi mai zurfi ta tsawon shekara guda, wacce za ta ɗauki tsawon shekaru huɗu. A shekarar 1968, James Gower, firist na Katolika kuma mai fafutukar zaman lafiya, da tsohon abokin wasansa na ƙwallon ƙafa daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Bar Harbor, ɗan kasuwa Les Brewer, sun ƙirƙiro ra'ayin Kwalejin Atlantic. Brewer da Gower sun kafa makarantar a shekarar 1969, lokacin da aka ba wa makarantar ilimin halittu ta ɗan adam izinin wucin gadi a ranar 23 ga Yuni, 1969, ta hannun Hukumar Ilimi ta Jihar Maine. Wasu mazauna Mount Desert guda uku sun taimaka wajen kafa kwalejin: Bernard K. "Sonny" Cough, Richard Lewis da Robert Smith. Edward Kaelber, mataimakin shugaban makarantar digiri na Harvard a lokacin, ya zama shugaban ƙasa na farko kuma Melville P. Cote ya haɗu da shi a shekarar 1970 a matsayin mataimakin shugaban ƙasa kuma Daraktan Shiga da Harkokin Dalibai. Gower ya gabatar da "Kwalejin Zaman Lafiya ta Acadia" a matsayin sunan farko na makarantar, kodayake an ƙi amincewa da hakan don a ba da shi ga Kwalejin Atlantic. Kwalejin Atlantic ta fara bayar da azuzuwan farko a shekarar 1972 tare da ɗalibai 32 kacal. Cibiyar tana da ɗalibai kusan 300 a shekarar makaranta ta 2012-13. Kwalejin Atlantic tana ba da babban fanni na ilimi guda ɗaya kawai: ilimin halittu na ɗan adam. Gower ya taimaka wajen ƙirƙirar manhajar karatu ga kwalejin da shirye-shiryenta na ilimi. An sayi mafi yawan harabar makarantar akan dala 1 daga Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate Seminary, waɗanda suka yi amfani da wurin a matsayin gidan ibada. Iyalan Bernard Cough, wanda ya kafa makarantar, sun bayar da gudummawar sassan harabar makarantar. Malamai Manhajar makarantar ta dogara ne akan ilimin halittu na ɗan adam kuma ana buƙatar duk ɗaliban da ke shekarar farko su ɗauki kwas ɗin gabatarwa a fannin ilimin halittu na ɗan adam. Sauran buƙatun sun haɗa da kwas biyu a kowane fanni mai da hankali (Nazarin Muhalli, Fasaha da Zane, Nazarin Ɗan Adam), kwas ɗaya na tunani mai yawa, kwas ɗaya na tarihi, da kwas ɗaya wanda ya ƙunshi rubutu mai faɗi. Manufar ita ce ɗalibai su bincika da haɗa ra'ayoyi daga fannoni daban-daban kuma su gina fahimtarsu game da ilimin halittu na ɗan adam. Tare da mai da hankali kan koyo tsakanin fannoni daban-daban, Kwalejin Atlantic ba ta da sassa daban-daban, kuma duk membobin malamai suna ɗaukar kansu a matsayin masana kimiyyar muhalli na ɗan adam ban da ƙwarewarsu ta yau da kullun. A matsayin buƙatar kammala karatun digiri, dole ne dukkan ɗalibai su kammala aikin babban aji na tsawon lokaci da kuma muƙalar ilimin halittu na ɗan adam a shekararsu ta ƙarshe, ban da aikin horo na dole a cikin shekaru huɗu. Don wannan aikin babban aji, ɗalibai za su yanke shawara kan hanyoyin da abubuwan da ke ciki waɗanda masu ba su shawara kan ilimi za su gabatar don amincewa. Ayyuka sun bambanta kuma sun haɗa da shirye-shiryen kwamfuta, takardun kimiyya, binciken al'adu, shirye-shiryen wasan kwaikwayo, manhajojin ilimi, littattafai, nunin fasaha, littattafan wasiƙu, gyaran lambu, da kuma tattara waƙoƙi. Dalibai Da yake ɗaliban ƙasashen duniya suna da matsakaicin kashi 17 cikin ɗari na ɗaliban, Kwalejin Atlantic tana cikin kwalejoji biyar na fasaha masu sassaucin ra'ayi waɗanda ke da mafi yawan ɗaliban ƙasashen duniya. Waɗannan ɗaliban galibi suna kammala karatunsu ne daga Kwalejin United World kuma ana ba su guraben karatu masu yawa ta hanyar Shirin Masana Kwalejin Davis United World. Dorewa A shekara ta 2004, COA ita ce jami'ar farko da ta yi alƙawarin shekaru da yawa don samar da makamashi mai sabuntawa gaba ɗaya, inda ta sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekaru 10 tare da Endless Energy Corporation. A shekara ta 2005, ita ce makaranta ta farko da ta gudanar da bikin kammala karatun digiri na babu ɓata. A watan Oktoba na 2006, COA ta yi alƙawarin zama mai tsaka tsaki a cikin carbon, tana rage duk hayakin carbon ɗinta, gami da waɗanda ɗaliban da suka ziyarta suka ƙirƙira; COA ta cika alƙawarin a watan Disamba na 2007 ta hanyar siyan rage hayakin carbon don hayakinsu ta hanyar Climate Trust of Oregon. Kwalejin a halin yanzu tana rage waɗannan hayakin da ba za ta iya ragewa ko gujewa ba ta hanyar dakatar da wutar lantarki ta manyan motoci ta hanyar Carbonfund.org. A shekara ta 2016, an sanya COA a matsayin kwalejin kore ta #1 ta The Princeton Review. Fitattun tsofaffin ɗalibai Anjali Appadurai, 'yar siyasa 'yar ƙasar Kanada Abigail Barrows, masanin kimiyyar binciken ruwa Jacquelyn Gill, Masanin ilimin halittu Amy Goodman, 'yar jarida Nell Newman, 'yar wasan kwaikwayo Chellie Pingree, Wakiliyar Amurka daga Maine Manazarta