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.
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