Entrepreneurship Education: Good for All Ages

While it hasn’t always been so, formal entrepreneurship education is becoming much more prevalent.

More and more business schools and colleges are offering classes, if not degrees, in areas of entrepreneurship.

Additionally, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, the teaching of entrepreneurial principals has encouraging effects on young people:

• Improved academic performance, school attendance, educational attainment

• Increased problem-solving and decision-making abilities

• Enhanced leadership skills, interpersonal relationships, teamwork

• Improved time and money management, public speaking skills

• Job readiness

• Enhanced psychological development (self-esteem, ego development, self-efficacy)

• Perceived improved health status

The value of entrepreneurship education isn’t just limited to entrepreneurs and individuals.  It can positively influence our future.