Four of the twenty social entrepreneurship programs in our analysis identify as religious institutions. We capture them separately here to draw attention to their focus on curricular content that seeks to establish an “ethical and responsible worldview.” As an example, the program emphasis in social entrepreneurship is one possible concentration of the master of arts in social engagement at Trinity International University, a Christian university located in Illinois. The university’s website describes the degree as a program of study that “will equip [the student] to trace the contours of contemporary culture, interpret its movements and messages, and engage its challenges
from a Christian worldview” (http://www.tiu.edu/graduate/academics/ma-culture). While still leaning somewhat toward market skills, there is a balance among the various skill sets in programs located within religious institutions.
The social entrepreneurship programs comprise the concentration leading to various master’s degrees. Most of these programs require students to complete a common core as part of the degree program.
The exceptions in our study are Northwestern University, which leads to a master of arts in social entrepreneurship, and Pepperdine University, which offers a master of arts in social entrepreneurship and change. Almost all the courses in these two programs are required.
Regardless of setting, the core courses required by master’s degree programs tend to be heavily dominated by generic management skills: 44 percent of the courses in the public administration core, 60 percent of the courses in the business administration core, and 67 percent of the core in programs housed in religiously affiliated institutions (Figure 3).
Core courses with content on philanthropic skills and political skills are fairly well represented in the public administration core, but absent in the core of business programs. Business programs, however, are more apt to focus on leadership skills in the core curriculum, as are master’s degrees housed in religious institutions.
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