Research of Policy Diffusion of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education in Universities

Zhaoyang Li

Abstract: Strengthening innovation and entrepreneurship education in the universities is one of the key measures to promote Widespread Entrepreneurship and Innovation. After the top-level design is completed, the effect of the university's innovation and entrepreneurship education policy mainly depends on the level of policy diffusion-the comprehensive response of each university. Taking the policy responses of 30 Double First-Class A-level universities in China from 2015 to 2018 as example, the factors that affect the diffusion of innovation and entrepreneurship education policies in universities are analyzed, and the empirical results show that: tenure of principal subject characteristics support for decision making and response of other universities in the province (city) have a significant impact on the response of universities. This means that the realization of a modest flow of university principals, the cultivation of innovative and entrepreneurial teaching and research talents, and the establishment of a school-school collaborative education mechanism will help to improve the degree of response to innovative and entrepreneurial education policies in universities.

Keywords: University, Innovation and entrepreneurship education, Policy diffusion

Edition: Volume 10 Issue 3, March 2021,

Pages: 189 - 194