Preparing Students for Entrepreneurship Careers
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Date
2022-12
Authors
Rolle, Jo-Ann
Billy, Iris
Acevedo, Roberto
Kisato, Jackline
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Publisher
Center for Global Research Development
Abstract
Statistics show after completing a degree program most minorities have formidable challenges in
obtaining employment on a global scale. This issue spans our three (3) countries USA, Chile, and
Kenya and our main solution to the high rates of unemployment is job creation through
entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship (creation and innovation) is being recognized as a key
factor for economic development and additionally the SMS sector has become a relevant tool to
achieve a substantial economic growth. Medgar Evers College, City University of New York
(MEC-CUNY), a recognized Institution for economic development & entrepreneurship with the
hope of finding a solution to the unemployment of our young graduates has launched
partnerships with both Industries and Universities on a global basis. MEC-CUNY has organized
and launched two international conferences on Corporate Social Responsibilities and Social
Entrepreneurship empowerment with the participants the academy and industry.
Entrepreneurship Capacity building in institutions that serve minorities has been a challenge
with few sustaining outcomes. MEC-CUNY has developed a comprehensive and integrative
approach, one that combines multiple co-curricular activities including entrepreneurship
training; business plan pitching; and study abroad to countries such as China, Thailand, Japan,
Kenya, Jamaica and Dominican Republic. MEC-CUNY has forged collaborations with Kenyatta
University (KU) and has created a solid and formidable network of innovators to assist in this
drive towards self-employment in entrepreneurship. Currently, approximately seventy small
businesses have been created and given technical support in Kenyatta University who has also
made changes in the student curricula as well as given incentives to the academic staff to
undertake research on entrepreneurship. Both MEC-CUNY and the Kenyatta have collaborated
so as to make available valid tools to measure the outcomes of both academic staff and students.
Similar experiences are being made in some countries in South America and Latin America. In
this presentation we will share an analysis of the data, significant findings on motivators and
challenges for student entrepreneurs, and environmental factors that may contribute to pursuing
entrepreneurial careers.
Description
A Research Article in the American International Journal of Humanities and Social Science
Keywords
Entrepreneurship, Student entrepreneurs, Medgar Evers College MEC-CUNY, Kenyatta University
Citation
Rolle, J. D., Billy, I., Acevedo, R., & Kisato, J. (2016). Preparing Students for Entrepreneurship Careers. American International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2(6).