Comprehensive Evaluation of Sustainable Development of Entrepreneurship Education in Chinese Universities Using Entropy–TOPSIS Method

Xu Cai, Lei Zhao, Xuchen Bai, Zihan Yang, Yujia Jiang, Peng Wang () and Zhaoxin Huang ()
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Xu Cai: College of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
Lei Zhao: School of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China
Xuchen Bai: Institute of Education and Social Development, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100088, China
Zihan Yang: College of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
Yujia Jiang: College of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
Peng Wang: College of Politics and Public Administration, Shandong Youth University of Political Science, Jinan 250103, China
Zhaoxin Huang: College of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 22, 1-24

Abstract: A comprehensive evaluation is important for the sustainable development of entrepreneurship education in colleges and universities. Specifically, evaluating entrepreneurship education in colleges and universities from the perspective of teachers, as stakeholders of entrepreneurship education in colleges and universities, can provide a basis for decision making to improve the quality of entrepreneurship education. Using the improved entropy–TOPSIS method, this study selects 35 indicators from five aspects, namely, curriculum systems, organizational leadership, faculty construction, teaching management, and an institutional guarantee, to establish a sustainable and comprehensive evaluation framework for entrepreneurship education in colleges and universities. Survey data from a questionnaire of college teachers in 11 provinces (cities) in China’s Yangtze River economic zone are used. The objective is to propose a framework that enables a comprehensive evaluation of the sustainability of entrepreneurship education and to develop a new evaluation method that highlights the challenges in evaluating the sustainability of entrepreneurship education, including the selection and effective measurement of the evaluation criteria. The study provides a scientific basis and support for decision making on the optimal reform of entrepreneurship education, faculty allocation, and education methods in Chinese universities and contributes to the realization of the goal of sustainable development of entrepreneurship education in universities.

Keywords: entrepreneurship education in universities; sustainability; entropy–TOPSIS; faculty; multifactorial assessment and GIS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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