Community Colleges as Incubators of Innovation - Unleashing Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Communities and Students (Hardcover)

This book addresses the urgent need for community colleges to prioritize entrepreneurship education both to remain relevant in a changing economy and to graduate students with the flexible and interdisciplinary mindsets needed for the future of society. It argues that entrepreneurial education should be offered broadly to a wide range of students, and across all disciplines; defines the key constructs for achieving this objective; and describes how to create entrepreneurial learning environments. The expert contributors, with the support of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), start from the premise that community colleges are uniquely positioned to lead entrepreneurial initiatives through both internally-generated curriculum design and through collaboration with the local entrepreneurial community to build bridges between the classroom to the community which in turn can offer models of implementation and constitute a network or support system for students. Community colleges can become incubators of innovation, a magnet for talent, and provide the impetus for development strategies that their communities have not begun to realize. As the chapters make clear, developing an entrepreneurial program itself requires an entrepreneurial mindset that transcends any lack of resources, requiring a spirit of imagination and resourcefulness. This book takes the reader on a journey through the steps needed to build a meaningful, relevant, and sustainable entrepreneurship program, covering program development, curriculum design, appropriate pedagogical approaches, and community engagement.

General

Imprint:	Stylus Publishing Llc
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Innovative Ideas for Community Colleges
Release date:	March 2019
Editors:	Rebecca Corbin • Ron Thomas
Foreword by:	Andy Stoll
Afterword by:	J. Noah Brown
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-1-62036-862-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General
LSN:	1-62036-862-5
Barcode:	9781620368626

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