PFI: Creating Academic Community Partnerships: Fostering Innovation and Entretreneurship in a Liberal Arts Institution

这个创新伙伴关系（PFI）项目将支持学术界，政府和创业网络之间的伙伴关系，以开发一个示范计划，鼓励文科院校使用创造性的本地伙伴关系和新方法进行创新。 伙伴关系内的协作将利用各伙伴的独特专门知识和能力，建立一个基础设施，促进创新学习和知识流动。 包括在模型程序将是一个完整的课程，活动，这个示范项目有可能表明，在文科学科的投资可能会提供以前没有实现的经济效益，因为文科教育的目标鼓励学生在创业成功所需的行为。加工;即分析性和创造性思维，解决复杂问题。 作为创业基石的技术往往是文科系的产品。 该计划是跨学科的，将同时解决文科教育的哲学和创业的性质，从而有利于学生的充分多样性，包括代表性不足的群体。 如果成功，该计划可以为全国各地的文科学院和大学提供一个培养创业精神的模式。合作伙伴包括维克森林大学（牵头机构）;卡洛威商学院和会计（维克森林大学;巴布科克管理研究生院安吉尔创业中心（维克森林大学）;北卡罗来纳州-格林斯伯勒大学;温斯顿-塞勒姆州立大学;跨机构研究中心设计创新中心;大温斯顿-塞勒姆商会;理想联盟，一个促进学术界、工业界和政府在新兴企业中合作的非营利教育社区; Inception微型天使基金;北卡罗来纳州生物技术中心;北卡罗来纳州小企业和技术发展中心;皮埃蒙特天使网络;和皮埃蒙特三合会创业网络。

This Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) project will support a partnership between academia, government, and an entrepreneurial network to develop a model program for encouraging innovation in liberal arts institutions using creative local partnerships and new methodologies. The collaboration within the partnership will take advantage of the unique expertise and capabilities of the partners to create an infrastructure that will stimulate innovative learning and knowledge flow. Included in the model program will be a full spectrum of coursework, activities, and academic programs designed to teach and reinforce the concepts of innovation and entrepreneurship.This model program has the potential to show that investment in liberal arts disciplines might provide economic benefits not previously realized because the goals of a liberal arts education encourage students in the very behaviors required to be successful in the entrepreneurial process; namely, to think analytical and creatively and to solve complex problems. The technologies that are the building blocks for ventures are often the products of liberal arts departments. The program is interdisciplinary and will address both the philosophy of liberal arts education and the nature of entrepreneurship, thereby benefiting the full diversity of the student body including underrepresented groups. If successful, the program could provide a model for fostering entrepreneurship at liberal arts colleges and universities across the country. Partners include Wake Forest University (lead institution); Calloway School of Business and Accountancy (Wake Forest University; Angell Center for Entrepreneurship in the Babcock Graduate School of Management (Wake Forest University); University of North Carolina- Greensboro; Winston-Salem State University; Center for Design Innovation, an inter-institutional research center; Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce; Idealliance, a non-profit community of education promoting academic, industry, and government collaboration in emerging businesses; Inception Micro Angel Fund; North Carolina Biotechnology Center; North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center; Piedmont Angel Network; and Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network.