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Seton Hill University
Seton Hill University names one of the
Top 100 Entrepreneurial Colleges in US
For the second
consecutive year Seton Hill University has been
named one of the Top 100 Entrepreneurial
Colleges and Universities in the United States,
by Entrepreneur magazine. The university edges
out over 825 entrepreneurship programs that were
researched for this study and appears in the 4th
tier of the top 50 regionally recognized
academic programs in the country. Seton Hill is
the only University of its size from Western
Pennsylvania to make the list.
Entrepreneur’s 2nd annual
evaluation of the best entrepreneurship programs
at U.S. colleges and universities is the most
credible and comprehensive analysis of its kind.
The final rankings are based on more than 70
separate criteria, including course offerings,
teaching and research faculty,
business-community outreaches, research centers
and institutes, degrees and certificates
offered, and faculty and alumni evaluations.
These results appear in Entrepreneur’s May 2004
issue.
“As a pioneer in
entrepreneurial education we are extremely proud
of this recognition,” said Seton Hill University
President Dr. JoAnne Boyle. “It is a testament
to our faculty, staff, alumni and students who
embrace entrepreneurial thinking, such as
problem solving and life long learning as skills
that are fundamental for all career paths. At
Seton Hill we believe in providing students with
skills that will empower them to not only be
successful, but lead change in their own
communities.”
TechKnowledge Point Corp.
of Santa Barbara, California conducted
Entrepreneur’s second annual evaluation of the
best entrepreneurship programs among U.S.
colleges and universities from September to
December 2003. The study concludes that
entrepreneurship education is moving toward
experiential education where students are
offered out-of-classroom opportunities ranging
from consulting with real-world small businesses
to participation in campus funded incubators.
Five additional Pennsylvania schools to make
Entrepreneur’s Top 100 list include the
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and Temple
University in Philadelphia, Carnegie Mellon
University in Pittsburgh, The Pennsylvania State
University in University Park and Mulenburg
College in Allentown.
Entrepreneurship
education used to be limited to a handful of
courses taught in a few business schools. Now
it’s become much more, including full-fledged
doctoral degree programs, university
departments, endowed professorships, and even a
change in the way entire universities approach
educating their students. David Newton, CEO of
TechKnowledge Point Corp. says the
cross-curriculum movement promises to
institutionalize entrepreneurial thinking in
higher education outside of the business school,
making it part of far more students’ educations.
Newton, who is also a
professor of entrepreneurial finance at Westmont
College in Santa Barbara, California, adds, “A
high-quality liberal arts education is now
viewed as a perfect complement to an
entrepreneurship education and perspective, and
vice versa.”
An integral component of
Seton Hill University’s entrepreneurial studies
is the National Education Center for Women in
Business (NECWB), a division established in 1991
by the institution’s management faculty to
strengthen the economic impact of women business
owners as a collective force and to advance
their growth through innovative programming in
entrepreneurship and new venture creation. Since
its inception the NECWB has reached thousands of
women with its model educational initiatives and
has distinguished itself as a leading authority
on small business issues.
The University’s newest
endeavor, the creation of the Seton Hill
University Center, is intended to help
revitalize Greensburg’s downtown business
district. Jayne H. Huston, Director of the NECWB
says that the University is taking appropriate
steps to develop a business incubation program
to complement the area’s economic development
strategy as an envisioned as part of the
completed project. Funded by The Appalachian
Regional Commission (ARC), her department will
conduct a feasibility study within the next few
months to determine the need for a business
incubator in the region, as well as the
requirements for it to be successful.
Seton Hill, chartered in 1918, is a
coeducational Catholic liberal arts university
with more than 30 undergraduate programs and 7
graduate programs, including an MBA.
For more information on Seton Hill please
visit
www.setonhill.edu or call 1-800-826-6234.
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