Entrepreneur-Centered Curriculum as an Identity Crisis Strategy in Higher Education (Case Study: Graduates of Educational Sciences)

This study aimed to evaluate and determine the role of entrepreneur-centered curricula as an identity crisis strategy in higher education (case study: graduates of educational sciences). This was an applied research with a mixed method, and its statistical population included professors in the field of entrepreneurship and activists in the entrepreneurship sector, and students of educational sciences in Tehran, Iran. In total, 23 professors, entrepreneurs, and graduates of educational sciences were selected by purposive sampling in the qualitative sections, whereas 125 professors, entrepreneurs, and graduates were selected by convenience sampling using Morgan’s table in the quantitative section. According to the results, the variables of policy-making and professional management of education and learning businesses (β=0.200), information technology management (β=0.200), decision-making and problem-solving (β=0.215) effective communications and interactions (β=0203), management and leadership (β=0.250), and learning management and human resource development (β=0.198) had a direct, positive and significant impact on the structure of the entrepreneur-centered curriculum in the field of educational sciences. The present research can be used to select and screen business instructors, design and standardize training programs, develop training course titles, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of programs and activities for raising entrepreneurial graduates.