Social Entrepreneurship in Education : Private Ventures for the Public Good.
Material type: TextSeries: New Frontiers in EducationPublisher: Lanham : R&L Education, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (139 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781607093572Subject(s): Privatization in education - United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Social Entrepreneurship in Education : Private Ventures for the Public GoodDDC classification: 370.115 LOC classification: 2009034212Online resources: Click to ViewCover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter One Energy and Persistence Conquer All Things -- Chapter Two Bold Interventions -- Chapter Three Breaking the Mold -- Chapter Four Venturing into Education -- Chapter Five The Journey and Challenges of Scale and Profitability -- Chapter Six Mining the Gold -- Chapter Seven Boom, Bust, and Unforseen Consequences -- Chapter Eight Building Sustainable Structure for the Education Industry -- Chapter Nine Education Entrepreneurs Responding to the Call -- Epilogue-Baseball, Education and Our Future -- Bibliography -- Additional Resources -- Index -- About the Author.
The purpose of this book is to share with the reader a unique experience of a seasoned career entrepreneur with the commitment to improve education and benefited by working with three highly regarded business and education leaders as mentors set out to define and build an education industry.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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