(NAPSA)—Accordingto a recent study, educationis a significant predictor of new entrepreneurship ventures, particularly for African Americans. In fact, African-American men with graduate degrees are 2.6 times morelikely to start businesses than their white counterparts. A newcollegiate partnership focuses on minority entrepreneurs. For this reason, explains Stephen M. Spinelli, director of the Arthur M. Blank Center for En- trepreneurship at Babson College, Babson andfour other historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs)—Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, North Carolina A&T and Southern University—have formed a partnership to support several key entrepreneurship initiatives: * Creation of innovative curricular materials focusing on African-American entrepreneurs and minority-owned businesses. HBCU and Babson faculty development through teacher exchange program, and participation in symposia for entrepreneurship educators. The effort is supported by a $40,000 matching grant by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. To learn more, visit the Web site at www.babson.edu.
