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Board approves Southern University's standalone BBA in Entrepreneurship after debate over program proliferation
Summary
Southern University received Board approval to convert an existing entrepreneurship concentration into a standalone Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship. Regents debated the need for new programs versus concentrations and flagged program review processes; the motion passed with one abstention.
Doctor Tristan Denley, Deputy Commissioner for Academic Affairs and Innovation, presented a proposal to approve a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Entrepreneurship at Southern University. Denley said the degree takes an existing specialization within Southern’s BBA in general business and “rolls it out as a stand alone bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship.” He added that “this will be the only only the second entrepreneurship program in the state.”
Dean Andrews of…
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