Research on the Factors that Influence Collegial Entrepreneurship EducationA Survey on Jiangsu Province Colleges

Abstract

The Chinese economy is entering the “new normâ€. Answering the call from the central government for entrepreneurship by the mass, the Chinese ministries and colleges have placed strong emphases on entrepreneurship education. We conducted surveys on about 20 colleges from the Jiangsu Province to study the conditions of their entrepreneurship education, and we identified the important influencing factors of college entrepreneurship education by conducting an exploratory factor analysis on the data. We found that while many factors can influence entrepreneurship education in college, the key factor that influences the success of college entrepreneurship education is public policies that can encourage entrepreneurship in general and college entrepreneurship. Based on our findings, we discussed our opinions on how colleges can improve their entrepreneurship education system.