Special Issue "Entrepreneurship and Sustainability of Higher Education"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Education and Approaches".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 March 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Nnamdi O. Madichie
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Guest Editor
Bloomsbury Institute London, London, London WC1B 3RA, UK
Interests: sustainability; higher education; entrepreneurship; employability
Dr. Paul Agu Igwe
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Guest Editor
Lincoln International Business School, Department of Management, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK
Interests: entrepreneurship and small business development

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Following a dynamic workshop on enterprise and innovation in Higher Education as part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair on Responsible Foresight for Sustainable Development, i.e., the UNESCO Futures Literacy Summit, 8–10 December 2020, the sustainability imperative of higher education is back on the table. The focal concern of the future of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), especially in developing, transitional and emerging markets, requires further interrogation and especially so in the context of SDG 4 (Quality Education). In the last two years, there have been half a dozen books on entrepreneurial universities and numerous others on higher education in a post-COVID-19 era. However, we cannot pontificate on post-COVID-19, as the pandemic is not going anywhere in a hurry. Furthermore, the conversation of preparing graduates for the workplace i.e., employability, may be missing the point entirely, especially for those aspiring towards self-employment. This Special Issue, therefore, seeks to unpack these misconceptions with a view to articulating what sustainability really means for higher education.

Dr. Nnamdi O. Madichie
Dr. Paul Agu Igwe
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sustainability
  • higher education
  • entrepreneurship
  • employability

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Identifying Entrepreneurial Interest and Skills among University Students
Sustainability 2021, 13(13), 6995; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13136995 - 22 Jun 2021
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This study presents the profile of the participants in an online course on entrepreneurship that followed a challenge-based learning methodology and was applied to undergraduate students at a university in Mexico. Students were given challenges related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during [...] Read more.
This study presents the profile of the participants in an online course on entrepreneurship that followed a challenge-based learning methodology and was applied to undergraduate students at a university in Mexico. Students were given challenges related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during the course and were allowed to recognize their interest in solving these problems. This paper seeks to identify the entrepreneurial profile of university students through their experiences, interests, attitudes, and entrepreneurial skills. Although entrepreneurship courses are offered more frequently in universities, it is necessary to know the characteristics of the students’ interest and their abilities to continue strengthening them. The data were collected through a questionnaire conducted with 20 multidisciplinary participants. The analysis compared the results of those who finished the course vs. those who did not to determine the significant differences in their answers. The results showed that the participants generated sustainable business ideas that favor local and global problems. Additionally, the students showed great interest in social entrepreneurship and developing companies based on the knowledge acquired during their university studies. It is recommended to continue with the training so that these ideas can become real ventures through linkages with other actors in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and favor the solution of sustainable problems. The questionnaire instrument enabled identifying the students’ characteristics, interests, and entrepreneurial skills, which could be strengthened with other programs that train them. It was also possible to recognize skills that they did not possess before starting the e-learning course which require further strengthening. Full article
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