About Us

EntrepreneurU is an outgrowth of DECA's partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The www.EntrepreneurU.org Web site was created for the purpose of informing students, administrators and parents about the opportunities for studying entrepreneurship beyond high school.

The Web site features a searchable database of college entrepreneurship programs. After specific criteria are selected, students, teachers, counselors and/or parents can access a list of colleges/universities with entrepreneurship programs that meet their criteria. In addition, the Web site features: teacher resources, student resources and scholarship opportunities.

Established in the mid-1960s by the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman, the Kauffman Foundation works to advance entrepreneurship by reaching individuals of all ages through the delivery of entrepreneurship education and development, and the promotion of an entrepreneurial environment. You can learn more about the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation on their Web site, www.kauffman.org.

The mission of DECA, Inc. is to enhance the co-curricular education of students with interest in marketing, management and entrepreneurship. DECA helps students to develop skills and competence for marketing careers, to build self-esteem, to experience leadership and to practice community service. For more than 60 years, DECA has been committed to the advocacy of marketing education and the growth of business/education partnerships.

DECA is a nonpartisan, non-sectarian 501(c)(3) association of students, teachers, and administrators and is recognized and endorsed by all 50 state departments of education and the U.S. Department of Education.

DECA chapters operate in over 4,500 high schools and 200 colleges across the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and Canada. Recently, chapters have started in Germany. With over 185,000 members, (172,000 high school and 13,000 college members) DECA has a significant impact on today's youth. You can learn more about DECA one their Web site, www.deca.org.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Sissy Long, DECA's EntrepreneurU Project Manager at 205-223-0204 or sjldeca@aol.com.

This work/research was funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility DECA Inc.