TY - BOOK ID - 135896556 TI - The entrepreneurial college president. AU - Budig, Gene A. AU - Fisher, James L. AU - Koch, J. V. PY - 2004 SN - 0275981223 PB - Westport (Conn.) Praeger DB - UniCat KW - College presidents KW - Education, Higher KW - Attitudes KW - Finance UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135896556 AB - If you wish to know what effective college presidents actually think and how they behave, this is the book for you. It is must reading for all who are interested in the American college presidency and leadership in general. The most successful presidents of today are primarily defined by entrepreneurial attitudes and behavior. This study is substantially an update of The Effective College President (1988). Taken from the largest sample ever of college presidents, incl. presidents from all 9 of the Carnegie classifications located in all regions of the United States and incl. more women and minorities. This book clearly demonstrate that common ground exists between the classic and tested characteristics of the leader and those of the entrepreneur. ER -