Students’ Social Entrepreneurship Competences

Abstract

The aim of the book chapter is to study modern approaches to the formation of social entrepreneurship competencies of future specialists in the extracurricular work of leading HEIs. The methodology of the research is based on using the following methods: analysis, and synthesis of literature (to determine the degree of development of the problem); content analysis (to consider publications of foreign and Ukrainian scientists on the issues of students’ social entrepreneurship competencies development in extracurricular activity of universities); scientific abstraction and system analysis (to substantiating the essence of social entrepreneurship, extracurricular work); comparative analysis (to study the experience of Harvard University and Princeton University, USA). The research of the system of extracurricular work at top- universities of the USA (the experience of Harvard University and Princeton University) demonstrates an extensive system of directions of extracurricular work with students: sports sections, volunteer programs, community initiatives, and student organizations aimed at satisfying the interests and educational needs of students. Extracurricular work at American HEIs is specially constructed to develop the students’ abilities to collaborate with representatives of different cultures and social groups. The accent is put on the necessity of developed the component of social entrepreneurship competences development in the framework of extracurricular work of universities.