Sponsored by the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) and USASBE Entrepreneurship Education Division

Session Abstract:

The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship preconference will serve to inform and educate the attendees on the successful practices, with respect to community college entrepreneurship education and linkages with four-year institutions of higher education. The emerging role which community colleges are serving in promulgating entrepreneurship education and student business incubation will be discussed. As community colleges continue to further develop entrepreneurship education initiatives in response to a growing demand from students, they will need to create partnership agreements with four-year institutions.

The goals of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship Preconference are as follows:

Entrepreneurship Education Partnerships that Work

Developing Entrepreneurship Education Articulation Agreements for Student Transfer and Matriculation

Identifying Joint Fundraising Strategies to Support Institutional Partnerships

Entrepreneurship Across the Campus Models

Thinking Big-Starting Small: Taking the First Steps Towards Collaboration

Attendees from community colleges, four-year public and private institutions, as well as universities will include faculty, administrators, and senior management at various levels of higher education. By involving educators from diverse college communities, attendees will be able to identify first-hand the many areas for collaboration, economics of scales, and complimentary relationship opportunities.

The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship Preconference further serves as a networking opportunity which will actively create professional relationships among attendees, thus advancing the field of entrepreneurship education. Attendees will further explore specific institutional relationships that will serve to ultimately establish a seamless pipeline of entrepreneurship education for the benefit of two-to-four-year matriculating students and institutions.