I hope that like me, you have had the chance to witness the burgeoning phenomenon of entrepreneurship curriculum in American higher education. More and more, students have the opportunity to explore entrepreneurship on campus. In the process of creating entrepreneurship programs, universities have become more entrepreneurial themselves. This is great news. Colleges and universities are natural incubators of creativity and new ways of looking at things. And this new reality might mean that colleges and universities are better preparing students for success in the American economy where more professionals need to make their own jobs.
Who would have thought entrepreneurship would be one of the fastest-growing fields of study on campus? When the Kauffman Foundation launched the Kauffman Campuses initiative in December 2003, many questioned whether entrepreneurship could even be taught (similar to the doubts around teaching management in the past century). At that time eight universities were awarded up to $5 million each to make entrepreneurship education available across their campuses, enabling any student, regardless of field of study, to access entrepreneurial training. These eight institutions were the first generation of campuses offering entrepreneurship programs, followed by a second set of six U.S. universities in 2006. As Carl Schramm remarked at the time, universities have never been the same since.
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Author: Jonathan Ortmans
