An Investigation of Students’ Entrepreneurial Promotion Difference Across Departments in Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Dire Dawa University

Abstract

The basic purpose of this study was to investigate the students’ entrepreneurial promotion difference across departments in higher education institutions in the case of Dire Dawa University. More specifically, the study aims to identify the students’ entrepreneurship promotion situation, to determine the students’ entrepreneurship promotion difference between those who took entrepreneurship course and those who didn’t take it as well as among departments. Basically, data were collected using questionnaire from 304 sample respondents which were selected using stratified proportionate random smpling technique. Besides, focus group discussion were made with some selected group of respondents during the questionnaire distribution and colection. Then the collected data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, chi-square analysis techniques as well as narrative analysis. Finally, the result of the study shows that the current entrepreneurship promotion situation of students is low, taking of entrepreneurship course have significant effect on students’entrepreneurship promotion and there is no significant difference on the students’ entrepreneurship promotion as a result of college/department difference. Threfore, all students should be given entrepreneurship education using various methods continously at different education levels. Keywords : Students’ entrepreneurship promotion, Department, Higher education institution. DOI : 10.7176/EJBM/11-13-01 Publication date :May 31 st 2019