Education as an Export

Season 2 Episode 23

Entrepreneurship and the Export of Education

• Host
  • Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management
• Guest
  • Dr. Geoffrey Graybeal, Executive Director, Faber Entrepreneurship Center

The Faber Entrepreneurship Center promotes experiential learning through in-depth consulting projects as part of student course work. For its research programs and commercialization projects, the center works in conjunction with the South Carolina Research Authority, the South Carolina Department of Commerce, the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, various schools and colleges at South Carolina and a broad range of other entities to bring inventions and innovative technologies developed at the university and throughout South Carolina into the marketplace.

New Executive Director Dr. Geoffrey Graybeal joins Moore Impact to talk about how the Entrepreneurship Center and management curriculum is exporting education. It’s the third episode in a series on tariffs and trade policy.

Topics in this discussion include:

• Faber Center roles and mission
• Education as an export specifically in entrepreneurship
• US trade surplus in services in innovation and entrepreneurship
• Faber and other programming for international students
• The spectrum of entrepreneurship in DMSB education
• The universality of entrepreneurship
• The impact of international students on the academic environment
• Intellectual property as competitive advantage
• What are the risks of sharing knowledge and education overseas?
• The role of education in international relations and soft power

To learn more about Geoffrey Graybeal click here.

To learn more about the Faber Entrepreneurship Center click here.

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