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University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman: Student entrepreneurs need support for their 'crazy ideas'

September 2, 2010

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Lending a helping hand to student entrepreneurs is a vital part of resuscitating the economy, University of Michigan Mary Sue Coleman wrote in a column published Monday by Forbes.

Coleman, recently appointed to serve as a co-chair of President Barack Obama's National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, emphasized the importance of promoting entrepreneurial activities among students and said U-M was setting an example for the higher education community.

Universities, she said, need to support students and "what some might call their 'crazy ideas.'"

By: Nathan Bomey

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