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Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepeneurship (SAGE)

An Effective Practice

Description

SAGE is an afterschool learning program that emphasizes healthy behavior by involving students in a learning program that emphasizes financial literacy. Students complete experiential learning projects related to global entrepreneurship that are designed to give high school students a new incentive to complete real projects in the community with real consequences, versus just completing class assignments. In addition to entrepreneurship, projects include community service, teaching, civic engagement and environmental awareness.

Goal / Mission

The overall goal of the Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) program is to establish a collaboration among high school students, college mentors, and local business leaders as the high school students complete experiential learning projects related to global entrepreneurship.

Results / Accomplishments

Since its beginning, the number of high schools participating has increased each year (from one, to three, to six, to seven, to eleven, to 23, to 32 high schools). The number of supporters from the private and public sectors has also increased each year. Most importantly, high school students who have succeeded in the SAGE program have gone on to college, creating a level of personal success (see http://www.glef.org).

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
California State University, Chico SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) Team
Primary Contact
SAGE (Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship)
California State University, Chico SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) Team
CSU-Chico College of Business
Chico, CA 95929-0011
(530) 898-4824
http://www.csuchico.edu/sage
Topics
Community / Civic Engagement
Education / Student Performance K-12
Organization(s)
California State University, Chico SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) Team
Source
Promising Practices in Afterschool
Date of publication
Mar 2004
Location
Chico, CA
For more details
http://www.sageglobal.org/
Target Audience
Children, Teens

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An Effective Practice meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success and/or promise in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures of improvement in outcome of interest (i.e. increase in voter registration, not just delivery of voter registration drive) and/ or the outcome measure is increased or improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant.