“Most people are familiar with the traditional centers of university-based innovation and entrepreneurship such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and its connection to the Greater Boston entrepreneurship ecosystem. But over the last decade, more universities, community colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HCBU), and regional state colleges have embraced innovation and entrepreneurship as critical to their mission and role in their communities.”

(The Innovative and Entrepreneurial University: Higher Education, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Focus, U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, p. 9, October 2013)