BUSINESS PROGRAM AT UH RECOGNIZED BY ENTREPRENEUR
MAGAZINE
Bauer College’s CEI Named Top 100 Collegiate Program for Second
Consecutive Year
HOUSTON, April 6, 2005 – For the second consecutive year,
Entrepreneur magazine has named the University of Houston’s
Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) as a top 100 collegiate
entrepreneurship program. The list appears in the publication’s
April 2005 issue.
The magazine also lists the Bauer College center in the top tier
of 50 regionally recognized academic programs in the country.
More than 500 collegiate entrepreneurship programs nationwide were
analyzed on 75 criteria.
Entrepreneur profiled CEI in its accompanying article, “Honor
Roll.” The story examines whether students who enter entrepreneurship
programs are more likely to become entrepreneurs and whether students
of entrepreneurship are more successful than other business students.
“CEI attributes its success to its teaching methodology,”
said Shena Cherian, CEI program manager. “Professors are entrepreneurs
who combine textbook theory with practical experiences. Each student
in the program chooses a business concept, which they develop over
three semesters. In implementing their own idea, students see their
project as a tangible rather than just a theory.”
A recent study conducted at the University of Arizona showed that
entrepreneurship students start more companies and are more successful
when they do. Sales and employment growth of companies owned by
or employing entrepreneurship graduates was more than five times
the rate of other firms. In addition, entrepreneurship graduates
working in large firms earn, on average, $23,000 a year more than
non-entrepreneurship business graduates.
Entrepreneur’s third annual rankings of the best entrepreneurship
programs at U.S. colleges and universities was performed by TechKnowledge
Point Corp. in Santa Barbara, Calif. Founded in 2001 by David Newton,
TechKnowledge Point Corp. is the world’s first and only 24/7
online research and referral exchange for entrepreneurship and enterprise
development.
The complete story and listing is available in the April issue
of Entrepreneur magazine and at www.entrepreneur.com/topcolleges.
For more than 25 years, Entrepreneur magazine has been the leading
authority dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs worldwide to start
and grow successful companies. More than two million readers turn
to Entrepreneur every month for cutting-edge ideas to help them
grow and improve their businesses.
Since 1991, UH’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
has provided students a rigorous and exciting environment that integrates
real world experience with classroom education. Through its extensive
support program and educational resources, CEI enhances the competitiveness
and profitability of its young entrepreneurs. The center prepares
students to be leaders in the business world by providing education
from an executive perspective, from idea to implementation.
For more information about CEI, go to http://www.bauer.uh.edu/cei/index.html.
About the University of Houston
The University of Houston, Texas’ premier metropolitan research
and teaching institution, is home to more than 40 research centers
and institutes and sponsors more than 300 partnerships with corporate,
civic and governmental entities. UH, the most diverse research university
in the country, stands at the forefront of education, research and
service with more than 35,000 students.
About the Bauer College of Business
The C.T. Bauer College of Business has been in operation for more
than 60 years at the University of Houston main campus. Through
its five academic departments, the college offers a full-range of
undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees in business. The Bauer
College is fully accredited by the AACSB International – the
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. In August
2000, Houston business leader and philanthropist Charles T. (Ted)
Bauer endowed the College of Business with a $40 million gift. In
recognition of his generosity, the college was renamed the C.T.
Bauer College of Business.
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