Summer Entrepreneurship Camp Last week, about 40 high school students from 14 Indiana counties arrived at Purdue University to begin a week long summer academy to learn more about the world of entrepreneurship. The Purdue Research Foundation’s Entrepreneurship Academy, which ran from July … Read more
The Ten Commandments of Community Leadership “The Ten Commandments of Community Leadership” is Maury Forman’s newest book, which he co- authored with Michelle Harvey of the Association of Washington Cities. Maury is the Director of Education and Training for the Department of Community … Read more
Responses to our Preparing for the Future Series We have received many responses to our Preparing for the Future series on preparing our students for life after high school, whether that means college or the working world. Nearly all the feedback related specifically … Read more
In the past two Agurbans, we have outlined some of the tough issues facing policymakers and educators and saw that some states are working to define what they mean by “college” and “work” readiness. This week we will conclude with a look at … Read more
Last week we looked at some of the tough issues state policymakers and educators face as they redesign high school education for the future. We continue our series this week with more findings from the Diplomas Count report Ready for What? Preparing Students … Read more
If you are a regular reader of the Agurban, then you know we feel very strongly that education is critical not only to the success of individual Americans, but also to the country as a whole. Preparing for the Future – Part 1 … Read more
Grow Your Own Economic Development Strategy Increasingly, economic development experts are abandoning traditional approaches to economic development that rely on recruiting large enterprises with tax breaks, financial incentives, and other inducements. Instead, they are relying on building businesses from the ground up and … Read more
Troublemakers or Entrepreneurs? A study by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor showed that the United States was unusual among developed countries is having a higher business start- up rate among its 18- to 24-year-olds than its 35- to 44-year-olds. Tyler Cowen, a contributing writer … Read more
The Price of Gas There’s good news and there’s bad news about the price of gas. First, the good news is, according to the Lundberg Survey of thousands of service stations across the nation, the price of regular unleaded gasoline as of June … Read more
Lickity Split Chocolate Studio I couldn’t pass up the story behind Lickity Split Chocolate that appeared in the May 2007 Rural Entrepreneurship Newsletter. When local Navajo children knocked on her door to ask for ticket money to the movies, Elaine Borgen, a VISTA volunteer … Read more