The Headmaster's Dilemma by Louis Auchincloss

A dignified but embattled headmaster of a venerable preparatory school confronts changing social values, student unrest, and pressure from parents and trustees; when a delicate moral crisis threatens the institution’s reputation, he must choose between conscience and compromise, exposing the loyalties, compromises, and hypocrisies that sustain elite educational life.

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