COA College Opportunity and Access (COA 2 ) is a strengths-based, difference-education program designed for students who self-identify with the experiences of first generation and/or low-income college students. Context matters in our experiences of difference. Starting from this premise, COA 2 offers a communal support and advocacy space to enable students to shape the college from which they are earning their degree.
COA 2 offers a breadth and depth of student support services starting with an early move-in and orientation preceding the Outdoor Orientation Program (OOPs), peer mentors; integrated and culturally sustaining academic and career advising; and skill-building (e.g., leadership, financial management, advocacy).
COA² frequently asked questions
COA² faculty
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Co-Director, Educational Studies, and Founding Coordinator, College Opportunity and Access
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Faculty, Literature and Theory
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Partridge Chair in Food & Sustainable Agriculture Systems -
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Faculty, Plant Biology
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Faculty, Philosophy
See what our COA² students have been up to:
Congratulations to Andie Piliouras ’26 on winning a $10,000 Scholarship from the PanHellenic Foundation for exceptional academic performance!
Preserve Steward Lucian Vazquez ’25 conducting winter bird counts on the ridge at the Cox Protectorate.
Brock Katz ’27, Jonna Nielsen ’27 and Hazel Brewin ’27 exploring Schoodic Peninsula.
What now / a Supreme Court roundtable
COA Magazine Editor Dan Mahoney sat down with professors Jamie McKown and Bob Seddig, alumnus Ursa Beckford ’17, and current COA students, Sarah Ottinger ’25 and Kiara Carman ’24, for a discussion on the Supreme Court, the constitution, voting, vision, bad puns, and where we go from here. Read the full story here.
In memory of Robert “Bob” Seddig, COA adjunct professor and dear friend of the college.
