Conference on the STEM Intrapreneurship and Entrepreneurship Education Spectrum

将企业内部和创业技能注入到技术教育计划中，以培养了解行业企业的高素质入门级技术人员，这是高级技术教育（ATE）计划感兴趣的领域。该项目将支持为期两天的STEM内部创业和创业教育领域会议，并就会议成果发表正式报告。ATE中心和项目针对这一重点领域开发了广泛的创新响应，包括合同研究组织、孵化器和虚拟企业。本次会议将启动关于最佳实践的小组讨论，最终提出技术人员教育计划、教师发展研讨会和基于网络的指导的建议目标。本次会议将就这些实践如何成为STEM技术人员教育计划的常规部分达成共识。纽约城市大学（CUNY）的虚拟企业研究所（IVE）在开发STEM内部创业和创业课程、执行教师发展和领导该领域的讨论方面取得了成功的记录。IVE目前在纽约市的巴鲁克学院（Baruch College）举办一年一度的夏季会议，主题是内部创业和创业精神，重点是虚拟企业教学法。目前的会议将以两种主要方式扩展：(1)为在虚拟企业之外的STEM内部创业和创业教育领域具有专业知识的演讲者提供支持；(2)通过向目前没有获得科技创新资助的社区学院的教师提供旅行津贴，将这些做法推广到科技创新资助对象之外。这一建议将扩大实践到新校园的范围，并为未来关于该主题的学术出版物设定一个行动研究框架。会议参与者将加入一个社交网络，在那里可以得到进一步的校园间支持、指导和互动。参与者将被鼓励收回一个STEM内部创业和创业的平台，在他们的校园实施，并使用行动研究方法研究其效果。会议期间将讨论并在会议报告中讨论的一些问题是：其他机构存在哪些做法？这些做法对学生的教育效果如何？什么指标衡量一个项目的成功？还有哪些定性和定量数据对衡量影响有用？教师如何设计课堂研究性的实践研究？教师网络可以与谁一起学习这些实践？如何向大学高级管理人员和管理委员会说明这些做法？在一个由税收支持的公共机构鼓励创业活动有哪些法律先例和复杂情况？STEM创业教育方面的学术出版物是否有销路？在创业活动中，校园是否有共同的里程碑来追踪成功？

The infusion of intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial skills into technician education programs to prepare highly qualified entry level technicians who understand the industry enterprise is an area of interest to the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. This project will support a two-day Conference on the STEM Intrapreneurship and Entrepreneurship Education Spectrum leading to a formal report on conference outcomes. ATE Centers and projects have developed a wide array of innovative responses to this focal area, including Contract Research Organizations, incubators and Virtual Enterprises. This conference will initiate a group discussion on best practices culminating in recommended goals for technician education programs, faculty development seminars and a network-based mentorship. This conference will build consensus on how these practices can become a regular part of STEM technician education programs. The Institute for Virtual Enterprise (IVE) at the City University of New York (CUNY) has had a successful track record of developing STEM intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship curriculum, performing faculty development and leading discussion in this area. IVE currently hosts an annual summer conference at Baruch College in New York City on intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship that focuses on the Virtual Enterprise pedagogy. The current conference will be expanded in two primary ways: (1) providing support for speakers with expertise in other portions of the STEM Intrapreneurship and Entrepreneurship Education Spectrum beyond Virtual Enterprise; and, (2) disseminating the practices beyond ATE grantees by providing travel stipends with special emphasis on faculty at community colleges that do not currently have ATE grants. This proposal will expand the reach of the practices to new campuses and set an action research framework for future scholarly publications on the topic. Conference participants will join a social network where further campus-to-campus support, mentorship and interaction occur. Participants will be encouraged to take back a platform for STEM intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship, implement it on their campus and study its effects using an action research methodology.Some of the questions that will be addressed during the conference and discussed in the conference report are: What practices exist at other institutions?How effective are these practices in students' education?What metrics gauge a program's success? What other qualitative and quantitative data are useful for measuring impact? How can faculty design a classroom research study of practices?With whom can faculty network to learn about these practices?How does one make the case for these practices to College Senior Administrators and Governing Boards?What are the legal precedents and complications around encouraging entrepreneurial activity at a public, tax-supported institution?Are there outlets for scholarly publications for work in STEM entrepreneurship education?Are there common milestones in entrepreneurial activity for campuses to track successes?