Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education

The Consortium was formed in 1980 at the Ohio State University in answer to the US Secretary of Education (Terrell Bell) whose policy was for all vocational education programs to include entrepreneurship competencies for their students. The newly formed US Department of Education conducted a 2-year project to introduce entrepreneurship across the nation from 1980-1982. Following that project the National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE) assumed leadership in carrying on the initiative and formed the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education.  The Consortium is a national membership group composed of organizations at local, state and national levels that believe that entrepreneurship education is a lifelong learning process. In 1998 it became an independent non-profit corporation dedicated to assisting educators at all levels in creating entrepreneurship education initiatives.

The consortium has two additional programs that have a big impact across the country, the Future CEO Stars and the National Entrepreneurship Week.

The Nebraska Department of Education is a Consortium member.