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Policy Maker White Paper: Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education

Source: www.entre-ed.org
Topic: Entrepreneurship

Sort Desciption: entrepreneurship education for youth or adults. At the Consortium for ... This report makes the case for entrepreneurship education. It describes effective ...

Content Inside: 1 ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVERYWHERE: The Case for Entrepreneurship Education by Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Entrepreneurs are not born rather they become through the experiences of their lives. (Albert Shapiro The Ohio State University). Through effective entrepreneurship education people can access the skills and knowledge needed to start and grow a new business. But entrepreneurship education does not just contribute to new business starts. Communities who embrace entrepreneurship education also find that students perform better in school and that a schools overall performance also improves. Yet despite these many benefits few communities offer easy access to entrepreneurship education for youth or adults. At the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education our mission is to reverse these trends and ensure that entrepreneurship training is readily available to all who want or need it. This report makes the case for entrepreneurship education. It describes effective programsbased on the Consortiums National Content Standards--and presents a four-part plan for how the US can provide entrepreneurship education programs to all Americans. To move forward in this important work we must: Make entrepreneurship education a formal part of the American curriculum in every school district and educational institution. Create a nationwide ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK that focuses on entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship education at the national state and local levels. Finance an ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION INNOVATION FUND that provides seed funds to innovative educators and educational programs. Share information about entrepreneurship education and the creative programs that are emerging everywhere. The field of entrepreneurship education is booming! We need to share the effective practices that are already working. 2 If you ask a group of business executives to describe the key to their companys future success youll get a pretty consistent se ...

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