| This study examined the role of entrepreneurship education at HBCUs, particularly the phenomenon of entrepreneurship in the African-American community. An integral part of this study assessed the status of entrepreneurship education at HBCUs and ways to strengthen programs that contribute to the sociology of entrepreneurship. The desired outcome of this study was to contribute to a new epistemology for a new scholarship of educational inquiry in the area of entrepreneurship education (McNiff & Whitehead, 2006). Overall, the study explored the need for a paradigm shift in the integration of theory and practice relevant to entrepreneurship education at HBCUs.;A paradigm shift is needed in higher education to help urban communities manage the myriad of issues eroding at the core of their existence. Communities must deal with a complexity of issues such as globalization, shifting demographics, governance, new technologies, economic development, housing, transportation and poverty. Entrepreneurship is an avenue for neighborhood revitalization. Traditionally, the realization of the entrepreneurial dream is inherent in the mission of HBCUs. In pursuit of the dream, it is through the efficacy of entrepreneurship education that HBCUs have the capacity to create the desired effect of developing and nurturing existing and potential entrepreneurs. |
