- Increased possibility of students starting ventures and with this, a potential for more generous donations to the department
- Increased publicity (local, national, international)
- Opportunity
to engage students in research (The attached IEEE conference paper--in
the "Attachments" link at the bottom of the page--purports 15 refereed
papers in 2 years of holding a similar course)
- By catering to students' increased interest in entrepreneurship the CS department could enjoy increased CS enrollment
Sources supporting increasing interest in Entrepreneurship
Source: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070912/BUSINESS/709120416/1003/BUSINESS
' In a 2006 poll of 1,474 middle and high school
students, Junior Achievement found nearly 71 percent said they would
like to be self-employed someday -- an increase from 64 percent two
years earlier.
"The interest is there, and
it's increasing," he (Kuratko) said. "Our younger generation is very much an E
generation. They very much have an entrepreneurial spirit." '
Source:
National Center for Research in Economic Education and the Gallup
Organization, Inc. ('94 National Survey Attached in the "Attachments"
link)
69% of High School students were found to have an interest in entrepreneurship
