6.6M slated for entrepreneur program

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Five Ohio liberal arts colleges will receive 6.6 million to create programs aimed at helping students studying music and philosophy turn their degrees into moneymaking ventures.
"The idea is to expose students of all disciplines -- music, art, economics -- and to get them to look at their passions from an entrepreneur's perspective," said Deborah Hoover of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation in Hudson, which announced the award money Friday along with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, Mo.
Baldwin-Wallace College will get 1.6 million. The other schools getting money are: 1 million to Hiram College, 1.2 million to Lake Erie College, 1.1 million to Oberlin College and 1.5 million to the College of Wooster.
Money for the pilot programs will be given over a five-year period, with each college matching half of the award amount. Most plan to infuse courses with a free-enterprise component, provide internships and connect with local businesses.
Robert Trebar, an associate dean at Lake Erie College, said, "Our society has become focused on economic growth," making it essential to help students realize the economic value of things they love to do.