Role of Higher Education in Fostering Social Entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneurship is a phenomenon which focuses on solving social problems using entrepreneurial means. Social entrepreneur can contribute to social sustainability and economic growth at the same time. This paper is an attempt to study the role of higher education in encouraging social entrepreneurship. This paper highlights motivational factors that induces social entrepreneurship and the challenges which hampers the pathway of social entrepreneurs. The findings of the study suggest that higher education can play a substantial role in boosting social entrepreneurship however certain obstacles need to overcomed.