Teaching

Discussion-based learning, entrepreneurship education, and classroom-to-marketplace insights from Dr. Kershner’s work at Miami Dade College.

The Other Side of the Ledger: An Honest Audit of What College Costs — and What It Returns

By Claude B. Kershner IV

It has become cool to dismiss college. But no businessperson evaluates an investment by reading only the cost column. A full audit — net prices, real debt balances, a 12.5% annual return, and the returns no spreadsheet captures.

From Classroom to Marketplace: Reflections on Facilitating the Inaugural Capstone Consulting Experience

By Claude B. Kershner IV

Eight consulting teams. Sixteen entrepreneurs. One semester. This is what happens when the classroom becomes the consulting room.