Human factor comprises the most important element of any balanced and sustainable development. As\r\na result, educational institutions play a very crucial role in supplying today�s societies with much\r\nneeded, adequately skilled and reasonably competent human resources. The main purpose of this\r\nstudy was to investigate how universities could be manipulated towards polishing entrepreneurial skills\r\nof their graduates. Based on Krejcie and Morgan sample size table, a group of 110 academics out of an\r\naccess population (N=382) of Bu-Ali Sina academic staff were randomly selected. A questionnaire was\r\ndesigned and then validated asking a panel of experts for their comments. Reliability of the instrument\r\ncalculated to be 0.90 in alpha Cronbach�s scale. Results of the enquiry indicated that cooperation of\r\nuniversities with other local organizations (for example, outreach programs), elaborately directed\r\napprenticeship courses, up-to- date educational content (in response to cutting edge technologies) and\r\nuse of creativity- centered methods of teaching were mentioned to be the most effective enhancing\r\nentrepreneurial skills of graduates, according to BASU academic staff. An exploratory factor analysis\r\nthat followed revealed that a number of activities labeled as orientation and a group of variables named\r\nauxiliary proved to be the most and the least influential factors, respectively, towards having university\r\ngraduates with enhanced entrepreneurial skills.
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