The successful experience of the president from the contemporary enterprise university:on James Duderstadt's professional career
Contemporary university presidents are a community on the peak of science and culture development,but they face great unimaginable risks and pressure.Among of them,James Duderstadt is one of the most distinguished university presidents and higher education strategists,so he is selected as the target of this case study.Through exploring the two significant transformations which occurred in his professional career,analyzing the great challenges he met and the unique inner world which he had experienced,the successful experience as an outstanding university president is summarized.James Duderstadt represents a new generation of the enterprise university presidents,and many implications could be drawn from his professional development,which has inspiration for higher education research innovation in China.