Hottest time for entrepreneurship Educators

Today is the best time in the history of the field of entrepreneurship for faculty in the field of entrepreneurship. This past year, the field had the highest number of open positions at colleges and universities. This article examines the job opportunities and candidates in the field of entrepreneurship from 1989-2018. In 2017/18 there were 557 advertisements for entrepreneurship positions. The number of candidates who advertised for entrepreneurship positions was a mere 99 for a ratio of 5.6 jobs per candidate. This was the highest ratio of jobs per candidate since the collection of data began for this study. The article examines the characteristics of jobs and candidates and concludes with a discussion on the implications to the field of entrepreneurship education.