In the Act of Service: social entrepreneurship in the classroom

By Brian Mathews. As a follow-up to last week’s post I want to tell the story of one of my colleagues. We talk occasionally about social entrepreneurship and I thought it might be helpful to explore that context through a library instruction effort.
“There will be 50 groups selling lemonade. They’ll be competing to see who can make the most money.”
I was instantly intrigued by this assignment. I imagined clusters of students hawking lemonade all across campus. The lemonade stand represents the classic business model, challenging students to be creative. More...