Knowledge skills and graduate attributes required for entrepreneurial education at higher education instutitions: a review of the literature

Abstract

This paper aims to identify the skills, competencies, and behaviors that agile graduates require to succeed in an environment confronted by rising high unemployment and characterized by accelerated high poverty levels. Hence, the more reasons to identify and understand important knowledge, behaviors and best practices within the knowledge domains of entrepreneurial education. To gather data, online databases, both global and South African for academic research between (1992–2019) using google scholar sourced articles, conference proceedings, and government policy documents including SABINET, EBSCOHOST, SAGE, Emerald, and Tailor and Francis, were accessed. The gathered data was then thoroughly studied and analyzed. This framework gives insights into the heart of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, and pedagogy, making the principles of entrepreneurship career very important to consider in future graduates career choices and research. A major contribution of this study will be the articulating of specific economic reforms and purposes for entrepreneurship education and making explicit associations between students and the business world.