02465nam 2200565 a 450 991082225170332120240513052440.01-282-71352-397866127135210-7618-5172-0(CKB)2550000000018973(EBL)616284(OCoLC)672011473(SSID)ssj0000415853(PQKBManifestationID)12173983(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415853(PQKBWorkID)10417312(PQKB)10297215(MiAaPQ)EBC616284(Au-PeEL)EBL616284(CaPaEBR)ebr10404861(CaONFJC)MIL271352(EXLCZ)99255000000001897320100415d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDiary of a dean /Herbert I. London1st ed.Lanham, Md. Hamilton Books20101 online resource (79 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7618-5171-2 Includes bibliographical references.Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Thinking about America from Down Under -- Chapter Two -- How a Commencement Changed My Life -- Chapter Three -- Running to Class -- Chapter Four -- Underground Notes from a Campus Ombudsman -- Chapter Five -- What a Dean Learns from His Mother -- Chapter Six -- What Really Matters -- Chapter Seven -- Letter to a Student -- Chapter Eight -- The Zeitgeist Rings My Home Number -- Chapter Nine -- Challenging the Academic Orthodoxy -- Chapter Ten -- The Tenure Trap -- Chapter Eleven -- Academic Freedom and Free Speech -- Chapter Twelve -- The Hudson Institute as a University in Absentia -- Conclusion.This book 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. For anyone eager to learn about the evolution of higher education in the last few decades, this book is indispensable reading.Deans (Education)BiographyDeans (Education)378.0092813/.6London Herbert I1656242MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822251703321Diary of a dean4008989UNINA