National Summit Meeting on an Entrepreneurship Education Research Agenda

在本科和研究生阶段提供的高等创业教育（EE）已经超过了对它们进行盘点的努力，更不用说在目标和基于证据的课程内容、教学和学生评估方法的发展上达成一致了。该项目将召集教师和管理人员、创新和教育学者、企业家和投资者，审查各种当代方法，就创业教育的功能达成更大的共识，确定评估机会，并推荐研究方法，包括跨机构研究。虽然该项目本身并不需要实证研究和数据收集，但更清晰的目标表述将使我们能够对课程、教学方法和绩效评估的要素提出可检验的假设，这些要素对学生的各种成绩有贡献，也有不贡献。该项目也有可能告知学生对机构、项目、专业和课程的期望和选择，以及机构对学术产品、人员配备和提供辅助服务（如原型开发、企业孵化和启动融资）的决定。基于证据的个人和机构决策应有助于促进更有活力的创业生态系统的政策。这个分两个阶段的项目将首先成立一个创业教育和研究特别工作组，由创新和高等教育学者组成，他们将审查目前的课程，检查课程元素和教学方法有效性的任何证据，并推荐研究方法。工作组将制定一套结论和建议，供会议审议，会议与会者包括管理人员、企业家、投资者、选定的学生和一些非美国机构的校长

Higher education offerings in entrepreneurship education (EE) at the undergraduate and graduate levels have outpaced efforts to inventory them, let alone outpaced agreement on objectives and development of evidence-based curriculum content and teaching and student evaluation methods. The project will convene faculty and administrators, innovation and education scholars, and entrepreneurs and investors to review the variety of contemporary approaches, develop a greater consensus concerning the functions of entrepreneurship education, identify opportunities for evaluation, and recommend methods for research, including cross-institution research. Although the project does not itself entail empirical research and data collection, a clearer articulation of objectives will enable the statement of testable hypotheses regarding the elements of curriculum, teaching methods, and performance evaluation that do and do not contribute to various student outcomes. The project also has the potential to inform student expectations and choices among institutions, programs, concentrations, and courses as well as institutional decisions about academic offerings, staffing, and provision of ancillary services such as prototype development, enterprise incubation, and start-up financing. Evidence-based individual and institutional decisions should contribute to policies to promote more vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem.The two-stage project will begin with the formation of a Task Force on Entrepreneurship Education and Research comprised of innovation and higher education scholars who will review current offerings, examine any evidence of the effectiveness of curriculum elements and teaching methods, and recommend research approaches. The Task Force will develop a set of conclusions and proposals for consideration by a conference whose participants include administrators, entrepreneurs, investors, selected students, and a few principals from non-US institutions