Colleges and universities across the U.S. are recognizing the need for academic offerings that cater to aspiring social entrepreneurs. Paul Tracey and Nelson Phillips point out that there are an "increasing number of social entrepreneurs entering business schools in order to learn the skills and competencies required to build sustainable business, as well as a growing proportion of mainstream businesses incorporating a social dimension in their activities." Programs like the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurs in the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and the Program on Social Enterprise at Yale University's School of Management offer programs tailored specifically to social entrepreneurs.
Nevertheless, many institutions for higher education have been slow to adapt to the variety of challenges that arise from the distinct nature of social enterprise. "Entrepreneurship instructors currently face a variety of challenges linked to the diversification of the entrepreneurship student demographic," observe Matthew M. Mars and Sharon Garrison of the University of Arizona. New pedagogical approaches must be developed to teach students who seek to use business skills to tackle social problems.
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