Policy Areas: Entrepreneurship Education

Entrepreneurship education is designed to inspire and guide potential entrepreneurs into the field and to enhance the skills and necessary knowledge of current and prospective entrepreneurs. The study of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education have recently benefited from a wave of support and interest from both the private and public sector. Universities across the country and the world have added professors of entrepreneurship to their undergraduate and business school faculty; entrepreneurship is steadily becoming a legitimate part of business curriculum. Some entrepreneurship scholars and proponents worry that without more permanence the field will fade and never quite achieve proper recognition within the academic world.

Issues include:

• Curriculum standards

• Accountability

• Higher Education Budgeting

• Grants, Accreditation

• Faculty/Teacher Training

• Compensation

CRS Issue Brief for Congress

• Elementary and Secondary Education: Accountability and Flexibility in Federal Aid Proposals
  by Wayne Clifton Riddle, Congressional Research Service

Articles & Reports

• Entrepreneurial Thinking: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

• Major Unresolved Issues and Opportunities in Entrepreneurship Education

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Useful Resources

• Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education

• BizTech 2.0 - National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship Educational Entrepreneurship Program

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Key Players

• Representative John A. Boehner (R-OH) is Chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

• Senator John Kerry (D-MA) is ranking Democrat on the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

• Representative Dale E. Kildee (D-MI) is ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

• Representative Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) in ranking Democrat of the House Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment, and Government Programs.

• Representative Donald Manzullo (R-IL) is Chair of the House Committee on Small Business.

• Representative Howard P. McKeon (R-CA) is Chair of the House Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

• Representative George Miller (D-CA) is ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

• Representative Marilyn Musgrave (R-MD) is Chair of the House Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment, and Government Programs.

• Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) is Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

• Representative Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) is ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Small Business.

POLICY AREAS

E-Commerce

Entrepreneurship Education

Financing

Intellectual Property

Minorities

Regulatory Burdens

Stock Options

Tax System

Technology Transfer

Women

Worker Benefits

Workforce Training