Abstract:This study aims at suggesting the best Management Science practices for improving the effectiveness of entrepreneurial education programs in the Universities, based on their impact on expected attitudes of undergraduate students towards business start-up as a career choice. Particularly, the paper presents some results from a study carried out in two Nigerian Universities aimed at validating a structure of entrepreneurial education based on a double component of the circular role of management science teachings and extracurricular support, and to analyze their effects upon undergraduates' entrepreneurial self efficacy and outcomes as immediate antecedents of entrepreneurial intentions and behaviors. Statistical treatment of data was based on factorial, discriminate and regression analyses. Findings underlies the very limited involvement of Management Sciences of Nigerian Universities in entrepreneurial education as perceived by students, together with the existence of different effects of circular and extracurricular elements when fostering entrepreneurial careers among future graduates. Results show a relationship, though not very strong between Management Sciences and entrepreneurial capabilities. There was an examination of course structures and pedagogies in Management Sciences and entrepreneurial education, the paper then provides the results of University survey reflecting "current state" of Management Sciences and entrepreneurial education.
Key words: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education, Fostering, Management Sciences, Nigerian Universities.
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