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Student Industries
Student Industries
Conexus Student Industries has moved to our sister initiative, Ascend Indiana, under its Student-Led Business Umbrella.
Ascend Indiana, the talent and workforce development initiative of the CEOs of Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), is implementing a statewide work-based learning strategy to support Indiana schools and employers in developing and implementing high-quality experiences for high school students.
A key component of Ascend’s work-based learning strategy is the student-led business initiative, backed by new research demonstrating the value of student-led businesses as scalable, high-impact work-based learning opportunities.
LEARN MORESuccess Stories from Indiana Student-run Businesses
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Supporting school-based enterprises is an investment in your future workforce
Being connected to your local high school could be one of the smartest workforce development moves you make. One program, in particular, is well worth your investment: school-based enterprises (SBE), which give students opportunities to operate small-scale manufacturing firms from within school walls.
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The Uplands Region: A model for other School-based Enterprise networks
Several months ago, Regional Opportunity Initiatives (ROI) brought together seven school-based enterprises (SBEs) from across the Indiana Uplands region, allowing students, advisers and administrators to share best practices while also connecting with area business owners. What came from the first “Uplands Made Network” convening was a blueprint, of sorts, for how to drive successful partnerships between schools and local companies through student-run businesses.