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“Thirty years ago, you’d graduate from college, get a job and keep it for your entire career. That experience is extremely rare now,” Jones says. “We need to teach agility, adaptability and flexibility, so students learn how to handle uncertainty. These are the skills that will separate those who are success- ful from those who are not.”
The entrepreneurial trend extends to vocational schools as well, says Vicki Gehrt, superintendent of the New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District.
“[Entrepreneurial thinking is] part of the curriculum in every one of our programs,” she says. “In information technology, stu- dents have to be thinking of the future of IT. In cosmetology, if you’re working in a salon, you have to be creative with cut and color. And sheet metal — it goes beyond making ductwork.”
[The Diamond Challenge] is a pipeline for innovation.”
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YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS
