Information for Prospective Students
Benefits of the Curriculum
Stetson University is the first school in the nation to offer a degree in Family Business and the second to offer it as a minor field of study. In this growing academic field, Stetson's Family Enterprise Center can help you manage three potentially life-long relationships:
- As a member of a closer-knit family;
- As a (potential) employee/successor; and
- As a (potential) owner/heir.
With a focus on teaching and the Next Generation, the Family Enterprise Center helps students address the following challenges:
- Understanding the importance of Social Intelligence.
- Managing the family wealth & power.
- Cultivating an attitude of credibility rather than an attitude of entitlement.
- Determining one's own future.
- Taking ownership for one's life and career.
- Gaining marketability so as not to become trapped in "golden handcuffs".
- Receiving objective feedback.
- Having one's college education address these risks.
In doing this, the Family Enterprise Center is able to offer students these four benefits:
- Credibility Having self-confidence you feel and others validate.
- Marketability - Having options in the job market other than your family's business (at least two job offers at graduation).
- 4-year dialogue with peers Gaining the perspectives of people in similar situations.
- 4-year dialogue with family Gaining a common understanding of your values and goals.
