Institute for Entrepreneurship To Join DECA’s
National Advisory Board
The IfE, a Pioneer in Introducing Stand-Alone Entrepreneurship
Education to Universities and Colleges, Will Provide Advice and Support
to the Association
PHOENIX (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) April 20, 2007 --
The Institute for Entrepreneurship (www.instituteforentrepreneurship.com),
an organization that facilitates the development of successful
entrepreneurs through education, announced today that it has been
invited to join the National Advisory Board of the Distributive
Education Clubs of America (DECA), an international student organization
that prepares its approximately 200,000 high school and college members
for careers in marketing, management and entrepreneurship.
“DECA has been ably fulfilling its mission for
more than half a century,” said Peter J.
Burns, III, the founder of the IfE. “We’re
honored that DECA recognized that we can help introduce new educational
opportunities to the membership.”
DECA’s Executive Director, Ed Davis viewed the
IfE as a unique organization that can retool how entrepreneurship is
taught.
“Having the IfE join our National Advisory
Board reaffirms our commitment to our membership to work with
organizations that are having a dynamic impact on the entrepreneurial
landscape,” said Davis. “The
IfE wants the study of entrepreneurship to stand on its own as an
important educational discipline. We look forward to working with the
IfE in support of this goal.”
Last year, the IfE licensed the country’s
first of College of Entrepreneurship to Grand Canyon University (http://instituteforentrepreneurship.com/gcu/info.php)
in Phoenix, Arizona, with plans to announce many more university and
college partners in the coming months.
About the Institute for Entrepreneurship
The Institute for Entrepreneurship helps bridge the gap between a great
business idea and successfully operating in the business world. The
founders of the Institute are revolutionizing entrepreneurial education,
wedded to the belief that every person on the planet is a budding
entrepreneur. The Institute also believes that it is up to existing
entrepreneurs to facilitate the transformation of the next generation of
emerging entrepreneurs. While there are some schools that purport to
teach students some of the skills needed to start a business, little or
no help is offered to assist the student in actually starting a real
business upon graduation. Most business schools instruct students in
theory and prepare graduates for on-the-job-training at existing
companies. Our founders knew that what is needed is a program that
prepares students to be entrepreneurs and start their own businesses
upon graduation.
About DECA
DECA is a 501-(C) (3) not-for-profit, student organization preparing its
membership for careers in marketing, management and entrepreneurship.
DECA operates in all 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Canada, Mexico and Germany. The United
States Department of Education and the states, district and provincial
departments of education charter DECA’s
program of activities. You can find out more about DECA by visiting
their web site at www.deca.org.
Interested media should contact Holt Hackney at Hackney Communications
by email, hhackney@hackneycommunications.com,
or phone, 512-478-8858, Ext. 115.
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