{"id":49887,"date":"2018-02-06T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=49887"},"modified":"2024-11-08T16:38:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:38:24","slug":"austin-community-college-board-approves-new-entrepreneurship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/02\/06\/austin-community-college-board-approves-new-entrepreneurship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Community College board approves new entrepreneurship program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Community Impact: Austin Community College board approves new entrepreneurship program<\/a><\/p>\n

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By Emma Freer<\/a>   | 7:57 pm Feb. 5, 2018<\/p>\n

The Austin Community College District will offer a new associate degree in entrepreneurship starting in the fall.<\/p>\n

The ACC board of trustees approved the program, which is expected to enroll a cohort of 24 students annually, Feb. 5.<\/p>\n

The new applied science associate program will require a prerequisite certificate in a technical specialization, such as motorcycle repair or photography. The goal is to have students come into the entrepreneurship program with a skill set and idea already, ACC Vice President of Instruction Mike Midgley said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis a no-brainer,\u201d ACC Board Chairwoman Barbara Mink said. \u201cIt\u2019s way overdue.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 60-hour program will be administered by the management department, whose budget it will share, and be offered at multiple locations.<\/p>\n

It will ultimately be the core program of the ACC Highland campus\u2019s Entrepreneurship Institute and Incubator, which is expected to open<\/a> in late 2019 or early 2020 and will house city of Austin economic development staff.<\/p>\n

The need for the degree is evidenced by labor market information data, according to a proposal submitted by Midgley and ACC President and CEO Richard Rhodes.<\/p>\n

No similar degree program is available within a 50-mile radius, according to the proposal.<\/p>\n

Midgley and Rhodes also cite Austin\u2019s business-friendly environment. The city recorded more than 44,000 small businesses in 2013\u2014about one for every 50 people\u2014according to American City Business Journals.<\/p>\n

In December the ACC board approved the college\u2019s first bachelor\u2019s degree<\/a>, an RN-to-BSN program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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