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Lindenwood University Case Study

Location: Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri Undergraduate students in the system: 4,822 Graduate students in the system: 2,560 Undergraduate and graduate programs: 104 Overview As Lindenwood University approaches its 200th birthday in 2027, its leadership is working to position the school as a premiere destination for entrepreneurship in the St. Louis region. The president has established a task force to research ways to widen the reach of entrepreneurial thinking both within the university itself…

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Mississippi State Prison - Rethink, Reform, Reenter: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Prison Programming

Mississippi Maximum-Security Prison Case Study

Dr. Linda Keena of the University of Mississippi implemented ELI programs to teach inmates about the entrepreneurial mindset as part of a pre-release program, with very positive results.  Her findings were published in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. The purpose of the article was to present a description and first-stage evaluation of the impact of the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program on the learning experience of participating prerelease inmates at a Mississippi…

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