$25.5 Million in Kauffman Campus Grants Awarded to Unleash Entrepreneurial Spirit Across Nine Universities.Matched grants will generate over $200 million for entrepreneurship education  should be added to this article, to conform with Wikipedia's Manual of Style.Please discuss this issue on the talk page. KANSAS CITY Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo. -- The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today announced a total of $25.5 million in grants to nine U.S. universities that pledged to make entrepreneurship education a campus-wide opportunity, leading a more than $200 million effort to transform the way entrepreneurship education is taught in the nation's colleges and universities. The grants mark the second round of the Kauffman Campuses Initiative, which was launched in 2003 to foster the creation of interdisciplinary entrepreneurship education programs in American higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. that are available to all students regardless of major. The schools were selected based on a series of criteria, including the ability to create a culture of entrepreneurship that permeates the campus, the potential to create new representative models, and the ability to partner with other foundations and funders. With the Kauffman Foundation's current investment of $26.5 million and matching commitments from other funding partners, more than $200 million will be directed to cross-campus entrepreneurship programs over the next five years. "These new Kauffman Campuses schools will empower all students on campus to access the skills, orientation and networks that can lead to greater individual opportunities and to the creation of jobs, innovation and prosperity for America," said Carl Schramm, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Kauffman Foundation. The universities receiving grants and the dollar amounts of each grant are: * Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. , $5 million * Brown University, $2 million * Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). , $3 million * Georgetown University Georgetown University, in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.; Jesuit; coeducational; founded 1789 by John Carroll, chartered 1815, inc. 1844. Its law and medical schools are noteworthy, and its archives are especially rich in letters and manuscripts by and , $3 million * New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the , $1 million * Purdue University Purdue University (pərdy  `, -d`), main campus at West Lafayette, Ind. , $1.5 million * Syracuse University Syracuse University, main campus at Syracuse, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1871. Syracuse is noted for its research programs in government and industry; facilities include the Center for Science and Technology, the Newhouse Communications Center, and , $3 million * University of Wisconsin--Madison, $5 million * University of Maryland--Baltimore County, $2 million In a competition held in October, several Northeast Ohio schools competed for grants from funding made possible by a collaboration between the Burton D. Morgan Foundation of Akron, Ohio, and the Kauffman Foundation. Schools receiving grants in that program and the dollar amounts of each grant are: * Baldwin-Wallace College, $1.65 million * College of Wooster, $1.56 million * Hiram College, $1 million * Lake Erie College Lake Erie College is a private liberal arts college that is located in Painesville, Ohio, approximately 30 miles east of Cleveland. As of the 2005-2006 academic year, the enrollment was 653undergraduates and 270 graduate students. , $1.3 million * Oberlin College, $1.1 million The Kauffman Campuses Initiative was launched in 2003, when eight schools were awarded a total of $25 million to transform the campus culture by providing entrepreneurship courses and programs within liberal arts, engineering and other disciplines outside of the business school. "We know there's an entrepreneurial spirit sweeping across college campuses today, and we're thrilled to build on this momentum so that entrepreneurship becomes a natural and vital aspect of the American education experience," said Judith Cone, the Kauffman Foundation's vice president of entrepreneurship. "Our goal is to make the entire university system more entrepreneurial." Indeed, entrepreneurship is fast becoming the hottest ticket on campus with the demand for entrepreneurship education growing exponentially in the past few decades. Of the two- and four-year accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. not-for-profit colleges and universities in the United States, more than 80 percent currently teach entrepreneurship. Furthermore, approximately 90 percent of the nation's 888 accredited master's and doctoral degree-granting institutions now offer entrepreneurship courses, and in most cases, multiple courses and degree options. Of the 1,191 accredited two-year colleges, 78 percent offer one or more entrepreneurship courses for credit. Over 700 four-year colleges and universities now have entrepreneurship centers to help students, faculty, and community members launch new ventures. NOTE: Further information on the Kauffman Campus Initiative, including a Fact Sheet and Q&A is available at www.kauffman.org. About the Kauffman Foundation The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City is a private, nonpartisan foundation that works with partners to advance entrepreneurship in America and improve the education of children and youth. The Kauffman Foundation was established in the mid-1960s by the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman. Information about the Kauffman Foundation is available at www.kauffman.org. |
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