Five universities from around the country are joining a project led by Lawrence Technological University to support entrepreneurship among engineering students.
Lawrence Tech, Kettering University, Boston University, Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., St. Louis University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass., are members of the Kern Entrepreneurial Education Network, or KEEN, and will share in $2.4 million in grants over the three years.
Lawrence Tech is receiving $150,000. A primary requirement of the grant and the receipt of future grants is for the schools to work collaboratively.
The money comes from the Waukesha, Wis.-based
Kern Family Foundation and is part of the Dynamic Compass Network, which formed in 2010 to promote and spread innovative approaches to entrepreneurial education.
In 2009, Lawrence Tech was awarded a five-year, $1.1 million grant from the foundation "to further integrate the entrepreneurial mindset in the education of undergraduate engineering students," according to its statement announcing the grants and collaborative effort.
The schools must also prove that the project is benefiting all of their students beyond what would normally be done for them individually.
Source: Eric Pope, spokesman, Lawrence Technological University
Writer Kim North Shine
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