Shell Game

Afro-American Studies 105 was scheduled to meet in Kennedy School Room 280. Economics 1690 was slated for Sever 305, Kennedy School M-809 was put in K-School 140. Funny thing was, they all had the same title, professors, hours, and course description.

Glenn C. Loury, professor of Economics, Afro-American Studies, and Public Policy, and Thomas C. Schelling Littauer Professor of Political Economy, were surprised to learn from students in the first lecture that "Public Policy in Divided Societies" was actually three courses in one.

It seems that the Kennedy School people didn't contact the College registrar in time, and Ec Department officials forgot to cross-list their class.

"It's just one of those things [attributable to] the complexity of Harvard University and the different registrars' offices," says Diana Whitty, manager of classrooms, examinations, and publications in the College registrar's office. "That wasn't a bad mistake at all."