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ERIC Number: EJ295429
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Entrepreneurship as a Significant Factor in Successful Adaptation.
Peck, Robert D.
Journal of Higher Education, v55 n2 p269-85 Mar-Apr 1984
The factors that contribute to the well-being of small colleges with a focus on style of leadership were studied. Seven characteristics of successful small colleges were identified: mission and purpose, opportunity consciousness, innovation and creativity, intuition, administration through people, effectiveness versus efficiency, and well-run operations. (MLW)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Administration, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Leadership, Liberal Arts, Small Colleges
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Council of Independent Colleges; Institutional Mission