This article on peer learning was originally prepared for the Committee of the Institute for the Development of Human Potential (IDHP) in 1985. It outlines the history, structure and ideology of seventeen IDHP courses with their two primary dimensions--confluent and political. A holistic conceptual model is presented for each of these dimensions, followed by a detailed analysis of what has been learned about the issues, challenges, tensions and shortfalls in their practical implementation. In the light of this analysis, the article ends with a recommended, revised and detailed prospectus for the two-year part-time course.