Reflecting, Acting, and Doing: Using Writing, Role-Playing, and Service-Learning to Explore Diversity in Entrepreneurship

Engaging students in learning entrepreneurship through the lens of a diverse entrepreneur can be a challenge. This paper will discuss the methods used in an elective entrepreneurship class to engage not only the women and minority students but also the white male students who were courageous enough to register for the class. Assignments used included many different teaching and learning techniques such as service-learning, reflection, and role-playing. This paper will also discuss faculty reflections as the course evolved over 3 different semesters.