Developing and assessing students' entrepreneurial skills and mind-set

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-243

  Bilén, Sven G ^a,b   Kisenwether, Elizabeth C ^a,b   Rzasa, Sarah E ^a,c   Wise, John C ^a,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c Schreyer Institute for Teaching and Learning   (United States)

^d Engineering Instructional Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Engineering entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial skills; Entrepreneurship program

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MARKETING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

CROSS-DISCIPLINARY; ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP; ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS; ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM ASSESSMENT;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 21244445073     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00844.x     Document Type: Review

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