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ERIC Number: EJ413419
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
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Making Mistakes: Error and Learning in the College Presidency.
Neumann, Anna
Journal of Higher Education, v61 n4 p386-407 Jul-Aug 1990
A survey of experienced and new presidents in 32 various colleges revealed that making mistakes is important to learning on the job, including when and how to take action, and when not to. Presidents reported learning about working relationships, contextual differences, the human side of administrative action, and their own limitations. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College Presidents, Decision Making, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Interprofessional Relationship, On the Job Training, Surveys
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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