THIS CONFERENCE ON EXPERIMENTATION AND INNOVATION DEALT WITH THE FOLLOWING TOPICS--(1) "EXPERIMENTAL COLLEGES IN AMERICA," AN OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS OF INNOVATION, (2) "THE EXPERIMENTAL COLLEGE AT BERKELEY," DESCRIBING A "PROBLEMS" APPROACH TO AVOID THE "DOMINATION OF... THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE," (3) "THE LIBRARY-COLLEGE," STRESSING INDEPENDENT STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH THE USE OF LIBRARY-CENTERED PROJECTS, (4) "JUSTIN MORRILL COLLEGE AT MICHIGAN STATE," ON CONTROLLED DECENTRALIZATION, THE LIVING-LEARNING UNIT CONCEPT, (5) "OKALHOMA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE," WITH ITS FULLY ELECTRONIC LEARNING CENTER, (6) "MATERIALS FOR BETTER LEARNING," NEW COURSES STRESSING CERTAIN CONCEPTS AS A BASIS FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY, (7) "ATTACKING THE ISSUES," WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR STUDYING STUDENTS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT TO FORMULATE A TRUE THEORY OF LEARNING. PARTICIPANTS IN WORKSHOPS AND PANELS DISCUSSED THESE TOPICS, EXAMINING THE DIFFICULTIES AND REWARDS OF TRYING NEW PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES. (HH)