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April 23, 2009
The World Economic Forum Releases a Report of Entrepreneurship Education
This report has been developed by a core working group of authors including Karen Wilson, Shai Vyakarnam, Christine Volkmann, Steve Mariotti and Daniel Rabuzzi and through consultation with the World Economic Forum’s Entrepreneurship Education Technical Advisory Group (TAG) and other experts as part of the World Economic Forum’s Global Education Initiative (GEI). The report consolidates existing knowledge and practices in entrepreneurship education around the world. It provides a landscape of entrepreneurship education practices across youth, higher education and social inclusion, with examples and recommendations across these segments as well as for various stakeholders.

December 17, 2008
European Survey of Entrepreneurship in Higher Education
In a report commissioned by the EU, FORA, NIRAS Consultants and ECON estimate that roughly half of the students across higher education institutions in Europe have access to entrepreneurship education. The report is based on a survey which has been sent to 3 500 higher education institutions across 31 European countries and 46 in-depth interviews with good-practice institutions.

September 2008
The OECD releases book on Entrepreneurship in Higher Education
Published by the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme, this book examines the role that higher education institutions are currently playing through teaching entrepreneurship and transferring knowledge and innovation to enterprises and discusses how they should develop this role in the future.