{"id":8348,"date":"2022-09-27T23:50:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T23:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/franke-college-business\/?page_id=8348"},"modified":"2025-10-29T21:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T21:01:19","slug":"centers-institutes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/centers-institutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Centers, institutes, and community programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In The W. A. Franke College of Business, we&#8217;re proud to engage with our local and global communities to advance economic policy, professional ethics, entrepreneurship, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list left-nav-automatic 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Entrepreneurship Education<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the growth of entrepreneurship education over the last 20 years, there remains an unserved need for entrepreneurship educational programs designed for those interested in starting nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n\n                \n        <div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignright\">\n                                        <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-blue\"><a\n                                        href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/centers-institutes\/research\/\"\n                                        target=\"\" class=\"wp-block-button__link\">\n                                    Read more                                <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section         class=\"nau-block full-width-image-with-text-box secondary grid grid-md-12 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