Middle East/North Africa group learns a lot about entrepreneurship on short visit to U.S.
This fall, a group of entrepreneurially-minded college students from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia lived at UMass Amherst attended classes while experiencing a wide array of cultural events.
The program was funded by the U.S. Department of State, administered by Meridian International and run by the UMass Civic Initiative, a group of the Donahue Institute. The Study of the U.S. Institute for Student Leaders on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development provided participants with an overview of entrepreneurial approaches by reviewing the development, history, challenges, and successes of U.S. entrepreneurial enterprises, including social enterprises, business leadership and women’s economic empowerment, in the United States and globally.
The cohort was originally scheduled to come to Amherst for a much longer stay but they were interrupted by the pandemic and thus completed much of their classwork virtually. Their U.S. stay was very busy! For example, their final projects were presented on the trip to New York City.
February 07, 2023