Colleges and Universities and Social Entrepreneurship

It’s been interesting watching the colleges and universities that are getting involved in social entrepreneurship. In the last week, I’ve seen articles on schools as different as Tulane, Case Western Reserve and the New School of New York on all launching new and different initiatives in this space. Take a look at something interesting from the New School:

A new program in social entrepreneurship is beginning at the New School in New York and there is a kick off on Monday night. There are lots of them at Columbia University and around the country but this one might be different. New School is a university with Milano, a school of management, Parsons a school of design and Social Research, with degrees given in Anthropology, Sociology and other social sciences. In short, students can learn to do, to build, to create products and services specifically in the social space. Most other programs in social entrepreneurship come out of business schools where students generally apply markets to solving social problems.