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Diary of a Dean is a memoir of Herbert London's years at New York University. It follows his personal path from professor and ombudsman to dean of a new "experimental" college. The period in question parallels a tumultuous era in higher education. London's experiences placed him in the eye of the academic hurricane. Although there was considerable debate about the content and nature of higher education in this overheated period, London attempted to maintain a balance between a traditional devotion to the canon of western civilization and emerging technologies and innovations that permit a flexible delivery of education. Maintaining this balance, as London's words indicate, was not easy. There were pressures from many quarters including, most significantly, the polarization of the faculty. Serving as a dean in an experimental college and, at the same time, remaining devoted to a Matthew Arnoldian view of the curriculum was not something he anticipated as a youthful professor. But for anyone eager to learn about the evolution of higher education in the last few decades, this book is indispensable reading.
Contents
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Thinking about America from Down Under Chapter 4 Chapter 2: How a Commencement Changed My Life Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Running to Class Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Underground Notes from a Campus Ombudsman Chapter 7 Chapter 5: What A Dean Learns from His Mother Chapter 8 Chapter 6: What Really Matters Chapter 9 Chapter 7: Letter to a Student Chapter 10 Chapter 8: The Zeitgeist Rings My Home Number Chapter 11 Chapter 9: Challenging the Academic Orthodoxy Chapter 12 Chapter 10: The Tenure Trap Chapter 13 Chapter 11: Academic Freedom and Free Speech Chapter 14 Chapter 12: The Hudson Institute as a University in Absentia Chapter 15 Conclusion
