Year: 2016
Type: paratext
Abstract: As we publish the second volume of the Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, levels of innovation in how entrepreneurship is taught, and what is taught, are unprecedented.The emergence of entrepreneurship within universities over the past 30 years has been breathtaking (Greene and Rice, 2007;Hills, 1988;Kuratko, 2005;Neck and Greene, 2011).It is not unusual at major institutions to find formal degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels (i.e., entrepre neurship majors, minors, concentrations, certificates, master's degrees and Ph.D. programs), a curriculum with 20 or more courses, a portfolio of co curricular programming, and a broad mix of community engagement initiatives (Katz, 2003; Morris et al., 2013a).From a handful of programs three decades ago, today there are more than 3000 institutions offering entrepreneurship programs.The growth is likely to continue in the coming decades, as across the globe we find the twenty first century to be the century of the entrepreneur.Patterns in the emergence of entrepreneurship education are sum marized in Table I.1.We see dramatic change as a formal discipline has taken shape, a considerable volume of high quality research has appeared, and diverse and innovative programs of study have been established.Entrepreneurship's position within the university has been "institutionalized" as structures have been modified to include not only institutes and centers, but also academic co departments, departments and schools of entrepreneurship.Universities are employing tenure track faculty in entrepreneurship, and these faculty members are able to focus exclusively on teaching, researching and performing service in entrepre neurship.Meanwhile, the scope of these programs has been extended across the campus, into the community and across the globe.Program leaders are introducing novel approaches to staffing, funding, and economic engage ment with the society (Morris et al., 2013a).In the process, they are able to
Source: Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
Authors: Michael H. Morris, Eric Liguori
Institution: University of Florida
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2806288322