The American Entrepreneur Host, Ron Morris, was recently interviewed by the Chronicle of Higher Education for an article that focuses on both how and why colleges and universities are adopting entrepreneurship, and at a rapid pace. Following is an excerpt from the article:
Colleges continue to tinker with the teaching of entrepreneurship, and many take an experiential approach. Whether in a competition, an incubator, or a classroom, they are teaching students how to be entrepreneurs by having them try to start a business. Often students work in teams, which some instructors think models start-up culture. And a number of colleges instruct students not to follow the business plans they've created but to test out the value of their ideas first.
The same technological advances that have lowered the barriers to starting a business have also made it easier to teach entrepreneurship in a hands-on way, says Chuck Eesley, an assistant professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University. But entrepreneurship is not for everybody, says Ron Morris, who directs the entrepreneurial-studies program at Duquesne University's business school. "I call it the Marine Corps of business," he says. Even those students who are cut out for entrepreneurship, Mr. Morris says, ought to work at a start-up and learn from its founder for a few years between graduation and starting a company.
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