Conference Session

Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Sung Hee Park, Kettering University; Michael Harris, Kettering University; William Riffe, Kettering University; Massoud Tavakoli, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

somewhat amorphous concept such as entrepreneurial thinking and mindset. In this paper, the authors describe Kettering University’s efforts to measure faculty and student attitudes as we seek to infuse entrepreneurship across the curriculum. The paper discusses three specific measurement efforts. Our early efforts were formative and focused on student entrepreneurial mindset among engineering students studying entrepreneurship in a single course. Here we used measures of self-efficacy and locus of control as predictors of intention to start a business 2 3 4. Our second (and current) efforts focus on a pilot project designed to motivate faculty to alter their courses to include one or more of eleven

Conference Session

Leadership and Strategic Planning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Angela Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

%) Page 15.79.5followed by brother (15.2%) and uncle (11.4%); sister, son, and grandfather each represented7.6% of entrepreneurial family members indicated. Wife, parents, and father-in-law were alsomentioned.Data CollectionThe interview protocol included questions relating to faculty beliefs of entrepreneurshipeducation focusing on the following: ≠ What are the critical components of entrepreneurship education? ≠ How do individuals develop an entrepreneurial mindset? ≠ Are necessary characteristics developed through experiences or are they inherent to an individual’s personality? ≠ How can students’ self-efficacy to be an entrepreneur be cultivated? ≠ What strategies are used in the classroom to teach entrepreneurship?A