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provide a chance to keep those with the inclination and determination to
build their own economic future in the entrepreneurial pipeline.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION RESOURCES

The following annotated list of resources is provided to support the design
and implementation of entrepreneurship education programs. Many of
these sites provide links to additional resources and entrepreneurship edu-
cation partners.

Boy Scouts of America
In 1989, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), with support from the Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation, created a merit badge in entrepreneurship.
The official BSA merit badge site (www.meritbadge.com/mb/134.htm) pro-
vides the specific requirements. Business students at Kennesaw State Uni-
versity created an online resource base to help scouts fulfill the badge re-
quirements (coles.kennesaw.edu/pages/sife/entrepreneurshipMB/).

Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education
The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education (CEE) is a collaboration
among entrepreneurship educators to develop innovative and effective ap-
proaches to entrepreneurship instruction. CEE’s mission is “To champion
entrepreneurship education and provide advocacy, leadership, networking,
technical assistance, and resources nationally across all levels and disci-
plines of education, while promoting quality practices and programs.”
CEE’s online resources (www.entre-ed.org) include content standards for
teaching entrepreneurship skills and “Entrepreneurship Everywhere: Sam-
ple Curricula across the United States.”

DECA
DECA (www.deca.org) is an organization of high school and college stu-
dents interested in various aspects of business, including entrepreneurship.
DECA’s “entrepreneur U. Database” includes teacher and student resources
for both formal education and self-directed study (www.entrepreneuru.org).

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
The Kansas City–based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (www
.kauffman.org/entrepreneurship.cfm) is among the world’s largest support-
ers of entrepreneurship research and education with their goal “to further