A Study On The Dynamics Mechanism Of Entrepreneurship Education In American Colleges And Universities

Entrepreneurship education earliest appeared in America. Original entrepreneurship education, however, was not carried out in American colleges and universities, but was put into effect by American fundamental educational institutions and some social organizations. It is clearly suggested that entrepreneurship education experienced an evolving process that it developed from exterior colleges and universities to interior colleges and universities when it came into colleges and universities and became a part of higher education. Then, what is of detailed discussion is that what kind of factors and what kind of forms and ways play a vital role in promoting entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities in this process. In addition, what kind of factors plays a key role in this process, in other words, what is the dynamic mechanism in entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities. It is because that only when we clearly learn about the dynamic mechanism of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities can we precisely analyze the development condition and current problems in entrepreneurship education in our colleges and universities and come up with some feasible measures for further promotion.The research consists of seven parts, including the introduction, and the summaries of every part of the research are as follows.The introduction. In this chapter, we mainly focus on clarifying the value of the topic, the literature review in home and abroad, the key conceptions and the research methods.The first chapter——the theoretical basis. We mainly concentrate on illustrating the theoretical basis of the research and point out that system theory, the principle of the internal cause and the external cause which interact with each other and academic capitalism theory are the important theories in the research. The system theory makes the researchers have a review of the problems of the entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities from a systematic angle. The principle of the internal cause and external cause which interact with each other make the researchers analyze the dynamic that promotes the development of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities in terms of external and internal factors and explain the relationships between the external cause and the internal cause in depth. The academic capitalism theory makes the researchers clearly recognize that the key factors in promoting the development of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities are science and technology, and science and technology are the vital bonds that connect the internal factors and the external factors.The second chapter——the exterior dynamics of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities.This chapter mainly focuses on analyzing the exterior dynamics of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities,and point out that economy; politics and culture are the three main factors that promote the development of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities. First of all, the spirit of striving、competition、pragmatism、innovation and charity, which are contained in American culture, lays a cultural and thoughts basis for entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities. What’s more important, the establishment of political power in the world and the improvement of the separation of powers between federal government and state government create a harmonious environment for the entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities.What I have to say is that the federal government made an extraordinary contribution to the development of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities. Thirdly, the rapid development of American economy, especially the prosperity of small and medium-sized enterprises, plays a crucial role in the development of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities. We may effortlessly identify that, there is a proportional relationship between entrepreneurship education and small and medium-sized enterprises in terms of the development of American economy and entrepreneurship education.The third chapter——the interior dynamics of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities.This chapter mainly focuses on analyzing the interior dynamics of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities, and points out that the concept of social service, teachers and modern management system in colleges and universities are the three main interior factors that promote the development of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities.First of all, the formation of the concept of social service makes the relationships between colleges and universities and society more and more close, which lays an important basis for the formation of teachers in entrepreneurship education. In fact, the formation of high-quality teachers in entrepreneurship education gains ocean of supports from people in the society. Thirdly, the modern management system in American colleges and universities, such as the system of selecting curriculum freely,interdisciplinary, donated professor position, the board of directors and so on. Those systems give strong supports for entrepreneurship education in order to make it enter into and grow up in colleges and universities.The fourth chapter——the innovation of science and technology. The innovation of science and technology is the key influential factor on entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities. This chapter mainly analyzes the effects that the innovation of science and technology take in the development of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities, and points out that the innovation of science and technology is the bond that connects the society and colleges and universities, is the key factor that promotes the development of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities.First and foremost, the innovation of science and technology inspires plenty of requirements of innovative entrepreneurship education by achieving economic transformation, that is to say, we should transform from relying on resources to relying on innovation of science and technology. The innovation of science and technology promotes the specialized development of entrepreneurship education in academy and technology terms. Last but not least important, the innovation of science and technology promotes the appearance and the development of entrepreneurial universities and provides the well organizational and systematic basis for entrepreneurship education.The fifth chapter——the characteristics of dynamics system of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities.This chapter will give a detailed description of the characteristics of dynamics system of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities, and point out that dynamics system has different characteristics in different stages. In the striving stage of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities,exterior dynamics played an important role, and interior dynamics laid the basis for entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities. In the development stage,interior dynamics are beginning to play the main role,while small and medium-sized enterprises in exterior factors are important forces. In the mature stage, changes have taken place in both exterior and interior factors,that is to say, scientific innovation is standing out. It not only changes the exterior factors, such as development style of small and medium-sized enterprises, but also changes the colleges and universities themselves. It inspired the birth of students who have the spirit of entrepreneurship and it has become a big push to make the colleges and universities mature.The sixth chapter——the dynamics mechanism of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities has great enlightenment on our country. This chapter mainly analyzes the developing process and current situation of colleges and universities in our country and come up with some corresponding reform measures in terms of the dynamics mechanism of entrepreneurship education in American colleges and universities. Entrepreneurship education starts very late in our country, and it belongs to foreign transplanting education. Our government gives a strong push to entrepreneurship education, but it lacks of the social requirements and the supports of colleges and universities. As a result, it develops slowly. In terms of American experience, we had come up with some effective measures, such as creating an innovative cultural environment; making the financing environment better, promoting the transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises; improving the system, enhancing the social opening-up of colleges and universities; enhancing the innovative ability of science and technology in colleges and universities, making the tunnel of technology transformation smooth and cultivating the teachers who specialize in entrepreneurship education.