Changing Entrepreneurship Education: Finding the Right Entrepreneur for the Job

Abstract

As entrepreneurship courses become more popular, an increasing number of institutions are turning to practising entrepreneurs as a source of classroom instructors. Bringing such people into the classroom, however, generates an entirely new set of questions for a college and its faculty. Four issues that schools should consider in attempting to recruit qualified entrepreneurs are identified: motives, entrepreneurial experiences, academic knowledge and teaching skills. To attract and retain these individuals, schools should offer adequate rewards, support and commitment, and should assign the entrepreneur a faculty “host”.

Citation

Hopkins, T. and Feldman, H. (1989), "Changing Entrepreneurship Education: Finding the Right Entrepreneur for the Job", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 2 No. 3, pp. 28-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534818910145066