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Babson College
www.babson.edu
Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally as a leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson grants undergraduate business degrees as well as MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business.
This past March, Babson College and four historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs)-Clark Atlanta University (Atlanta, GA), Spelman College (Atlanta, GA), North Carolina A&T (Greensboro, NC), and Southern University, (Baton Rouge, LA)-formed a partnership to support several key entrepreneurial initiatives including the creation of innovative curricular materials focusing on African-American entrepreneurs. The effort is supported by a $40,000 matching grant by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
The 2002 Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics conducted by researchers from Babson College and the Kauffman Foundation reports that African Americans are fifty percent more likely to start a business than their Caucasian counterparts. New business formation among people of color is more widespread than previously disclosed.
The study also found that African-American men with graduate degrees are 2.6 times more likely to start businesses than their white counterparts. "This high level of entrepreneurial activity, combined with the dearth of business cases written about African-American entrepreneurs, underscores the tremendous need for the Babson/HBCU consortium." says Stephen Spinelli, director of the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College. Spinelli is also a co-founder of Jiffy Lube.
Kellogg School of Management
2001 Sheridan Road
Leverone/Andersen Complex
Evanston, Illinois 60208-2001
Phone: 847.491.3300
www.Kelloggwebmaster@kellogg.nwu.edu
Kellogg's Entrepreneurship Program teaches students the tangible and intangible tools necessary to increase their chances for entrepreneurial success. Topics include: business plan development, raising debt and equity capital from institutions and individuals, managing the growth of the company, growing through acquisitions and organic growth, taking the company public or selling the company, and cash flow management / maximization.
While most of the curriculum centers on classroom studies, external experiential educational opportunities are also offered. Faculty, comprised of both professional academicians and practitioners, emphasize the development of a comprehensive "tool-kit." Students learn from the experiences of their professors, special guest speakers as well as fellow classmates.
University of Maryland
Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
2123 Lee Building
College Park, Maryland 20742-5121
Phone: 301.405.2144
www.gradschool.umd.edu
Established in 1988, the Center furnishes direct assistance to new and emerging growth business, provides entrepreneurship courses to business students, and develops a body of scholarly research on timely entrepreneurial topics.
The Dingman Center also provides entrepreneurship students hands-on experience via Group Field Projects with entrepreneurial companies and various activities sponsored by the Center. Two MBA-level scholarships-James E. Dingman Entrepreneur Scholarships and Rudolph P. Lamone Entrepreneur Scholarships-are available to MBA students. For more information about the Center, call 301.405.2144.
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