One of the most important things I have learned researching this blog is that entrepreneurship is slowly being expanded outside of business. I think that is so exciting. People need to see that entrepreneurship is such a larger thought than starting your own business. It’s about taking what you want to do and going after it in your own way.  From my perspective, this definition is so slow to change in the minds that it needs to change in the most. That mind is the students of today.  The article I have found for today’s thought is one that has core values I really agree with.  These 7 things that Andrew B. Hargadon talks about seem like a way that any teacher can work entrepreneurship into their curriculum. Hopefully more educators can catch the thought of getting students prepared for whatever may come their way.

Find the article here-http://chronicle.com/article/Teaching-Matters-7-Ways-to/64841/

An interesting perspective on a few big questions is given by Judith Cone, the Vice President, of Entrepreneurship in the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. One of the questions she answers is the one of “is entrepreneurship teachable?”  I found this interesting as I had always had this question myself.  She makes a good point in comparing it to management skills, a thing that was one thought un-teachable.  While there is a level that one must have intuitively, the rest can be quite scientific. 

The other fun fact she states in the article is that about 2/3 of colleges and universities offer a course in entrepreneurship. This surprised me at first until I read it again and realized that one course isn’t much and could be limited to only business students allowed to enroll in it.  I still feel it is a step in the right direction for educators embarking on new ventures in entrepreneurship.

Find the article here-http://www.kauffman.org/entrepreneurship/teaching-entrepreneurship-in-colleges.aspx

As part of this blog, I am really documenting the fact that higher education is making changes to curriculum and what they are teaching students. I came across this interesting article about how difficult it is for college and university presidents to make such changes.  The writing is pointing out that higher education is struggling and is in need of strong leaders like never before.

The note in the article about how many universities have such a hard time changing what is taught because the professors decide what need to be taught without listening to the potential employers is a scary thought.   Yet at the same time, there is a reason they are teaching in the first place. These should be the people that know the industry they are teaching to the finest point, the thought that they are out of touch with current happenings and needs is not positive for the how I feel about paying for an education.

Find the article here- http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/the-leadership-vacuum-in-higher-education/2011/10/31/gIQA1X0lZM_story_1.html

Many articles covering entrepreneurship take one of two approaches, coving students who have done great things or showing what school is doing what.  This article is explaining how some schools are starting to teach more real world practices such as how to deal with investors properly and fail gracefully.  Also stories of how students are taking different approaches to what they want, such as having a weekend business, or ditching corporate America all together to do their own thing.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/student-entrepreneurship-in-college-is-on-the-rise-in-poor-economy/2011/10/17/gIQAxEMuiM_story.html

An article discussing how universities need to produce more entrepreneurial students with or without that intention makes me think.  This article talks about how many students after fives year graduated, ask why they majored in what they did.  The thought of creating a student that can manage their brand and value is something that universities should be doing.  This is not the exact goal of McPherson, as we do not want give off a business venture feel.  The fact that people are realizing that colleges should prepare their students to take an idea and be prepared to do something with it is really refreshing.

This article is a bit dated, but I feel it is still relevant due to its content.  With this area being as forward think as it is, not much has been published in the field.

http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/higher-education/calls-for-university-entrepreneuership-at-ut/