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Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network

Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network. Ken Bloemer, Ph.D. Director Innovation Center University of Dayton. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kern.

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Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network

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  1. Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network Ken Bloemer, Ph.D. Director Innovation Center University of Dayton

  2. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kern In 1959, Robert and Patricia Kern founded a new business in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Despite many setbacks, this business eventually grew to become Generac Power Systems, one of the world's largest independent manufacturers of complete engine-driven generator systems.

  3. Kern Family Foundation • K-12 Education Reform • STEM Education • Engineering Education • Pastoral Ministries Education • American History, Economics and Religion

  4. Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) • Changing Engineering Education in the U.S. • to keep America in its technical leadership position in the world • to correct our balance of trade by exporting more value-added product than we import • to teach the practice of commercialization to engineers • to develop benefit-providing products for the world • More about shaping “intrapreneurs” than “entrepreneurs” • 20 universities collaboratingin the Network

  5. KEEN Pyramid

  6. Effectively collaborate in a team setting Apply critical & creative thinking to ambiguous problems Construct & effectively communicate a customer-appropriate value proposition Persist through failure to do what is needed to succeed Effectively manage projects and apply the commercialization process Demonstrate voluntary social responsibility Relate personal liberties and free enterprise to entrepreneurship KEEN Outcomes – Students should be able to:

  7. Helping Hands Dense Network (HHDN) University of Detroit-Mercy Villanova University University of Dayton Baylor University

  8. HHDNCollaboration Thrusts • Intercollegiate Student Projects • Collaborate on industry sponsored projects to provide real life product development experiences for students • Intrapreneurship End-to-End Education • Develop a well-defined intrapreneurship minor/sub-curriculum that leverages the best from each of the HHDN universities • Individual university thrusts

  9. On a Personal Note … • Studies show that individual creativity declines from kindergarten forward • 98% of kindergarteners are at genius level for “lateral thinking” (creativity) • 28% of 8-10 year olds are at the genius level • Average level declines from there • Teaching to the test, overly structured learning, television, videogames, sedentary activities … • Reversing this should be top priority! Source: Sir Ken Robinson

  10. Thank you!

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