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Entrepreneurship is a fundamental driver of economic development, critical for poverty reduction and for sustainable development. However, entrepreneurship education (EE) growth has occurred without a corresponding increase in students engaging in entrepreneurship. This research contributes to the gap in the literature on understanding how to develop entrepreneurs by examining the impact of EE on students' entrepreneurial intention. Using the Theory of Planned Behavior, we evaluated changes in students' intentions to become entrepreneurs after taking a hypothetical-based course in five universities in five countries. We found a flatline of entrepreneurial intention across all schools. EE had no positive impact on student intention to become an entrepreneur after taking an entrepreneurship course. This research provides more effective options for EE. Problem-based approaches, relying on concrete experiences, better align how entrepreneurs learn to be entrepreneurs. This is the first study that analyzes the impact of EE on entrepreneurial intention comparing different countries using similar hypothetical-based assignments, identifying the misalignment of how entrepreneurs learn and how EE is commonly taught. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There has been dramatic decline in entrepreneurial activity in the US, which has renewed public and private interest in entrepreneurial education as a means to increase new venture creation. To date, these programs have proven ineffective in increasing entrepreneurial activity within the millennial generation. We argue that changes to pedagogy are required to address this problem. Using the theory of planned behavior as an organizing framework, we investigated the effectiveness of an experiential approach to entrepreneurship education using both within-group and between-group research designs. Results converge to support our hypothesis, revealing a dramatic increase in perceived behavioral control in the experiential class. Implications for the design of entrepreneurship curricula are highlighted and discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]