Excerpted from the second volume of his three-part autobiography, this essay describes B. F. Skinner's first year as a graduate student at Harvard University. Although he focuses on his study of psychology, particularly behaviorism, Skinner also discusses his interest in physiology. (JMD)

One of America's distinguished social observers describes the impact of meritocratic standards on Harvard University over the past 4 decades. (Editor)

"Harvard Magazine," an alumni publication which entered the public market for national consumption in 1974, now has a circulation of 52,000 and a $100,000 annual deficit but hopes to be self-supporting by 1980. Rationale and format are described. (JT)

The Undergraduate Press at Harvard is the first publishing house in the U.S. to be organized and staffed completely by college undergraduates. Its purpose is to introduce college students to the world of publishing, and it plans to issue three volumes a year. (LBH)

Harvard's recommendation of a core curriculum is examined and related to the general status of American higher education. It is suggested that the Harvard curriculum offers insight into the crisis faced by academe, and that the so-called reforms reveal failures of imagination and will and offer too little too late. They fail to examine the…

Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), a successful community college in New York's garment district, is a fashion industry in minature. Two-thirds of the courses are technical or professional, the remaining are liberal arts and placement of graduates runs at 85-90 percent per year. (Author/PG)

Developing a core curriculum at Harvard College involves the problem of producing change in a self-governing but externally-oriented community. Critics of Harvard's curriculum planning are answered in this essay, which focuses on the problems and positive aspects of faculty involvement in the curricular change process. (JMD)

Discusses the portfolio management and financial administration of Harvard and Yale. (PG)

Presents an historical perspective and an analysis of the current problems being faced by the Harvard Department of Economics concerning faculty appointments, faculty ideology, and student attitudes. (PG)

Wheaton College, a liberal arts college in a Chicago suburb, with an enrollment of 2,000 students, presents a Christian approach to learning. (PG)

The quality of public discourse and the ethical implications of divestment for universities as well as for corporations are discussed. Harvard's divestment of Exxon's stock is discussed and the question of whether Harvard should continue to accept Exxon's philanthropic grants is debated. (MLW)

Daniel Bell, author and Harvard sociologist, is interviewed. Among the topics discussed are his view of society, his books, ideology, universities and higher education--including Harvard's core curriculum project and the 1968 student revolt at Columbia University, and Israel and the Jewish experience. (JMD)

Describes an intensive training program for college and university administrators at Harvard University. (HS)

The development and effectiveness of the Central American Management Institute (INCAE), a 12-year-old school that specializes in training top business administration people in Latin America, is discussed. INCAE's view is that economic development is the key to social change, especially in the third world. (LBH)

Some innovative and effective curricula and methods for teaching college mathematics include a Harvard University (Massachusetts) program pairing first-year mathematics doctoral students with experienced teacher-coaches; a University of Chicago (Illinois) doctoral student teacher apprentice program; and a University of Illinois at Bloomington…