Abstract:

Although it has been introduced a long time ago, social entrepreneurship as a concept has still not been adequately addressed in theory and practice within the East European educational system. In this paper, we analyze the current state of social entrepreneurship in South East Europe (SEE) universities’ and colleges’ course syllabi and compare it with the best world practice e.g. US and UK universities. Firstly, we explore previous surveys on social entrepreneurship education conducted in East European Countries, US and UK. Next, we conduct a content analysis of syllabi (targeting both topics and pedagogical approaches) across East European Universities which will allow us to reach an unbiased conclusion of the current state and perspectives of social entrepreneurship education in the SEE region. Our research conclusion was based on the survey results, and at the level of 2% presence in academic syllabuses of SEE universities are very disappointing and showed an serious delay in contemporary entrepreneurship education in contrast of U.S.