SU takes Experiential Classroom to Russia :

A special version of the Experiential Classroom was presented to 28 Russian university instructors and administrators at the Moscow Higher School of Economics in October, 2006. This customized three-day seminar was sponsored by the U.S.-Russia Center for Entrepreneurship and presented by the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University in collaboration with the Beyster Institute at the Rady School of Management, UC San Diego.

The participants represented nineteen of the top institutions of higher learning throughout Russia, and included professors as well as department heads, deans and directors. The seminar was presented by Mike Morris and Minet Schindehutte of the Whitman School at Syracuse together with Ray Smilor and Rob Fuller of the Beyster Institute. Participants were introduced to leading edge methods for teaching entrepreneurship; new perspectives on the core content of entrepreneurship; approaches for building a great entrepreneurship program; and novel approaches to experiential teaching and learning. In addition, each participant selected an entrepreneurship course to implement when they returned home, and the presenting faculty worked with them in structuring that course. Roughly half of the participants had entrepreneurship courses already in place, and others have planned to offer courses. Feedback was very positive, and participants especially appreciated the hands-on approach of the seminar.