In our conversations with members of the student body from different backgrounds and academic disciplines, we uncovered a common theme: students generally do not understand the relevance of entrepreneurship to their professional interests. Some students remarked that the I&E programs and events offered by the university are often "self-selecting" in that the students who participate in such programs are more often than not in these programs because they have already built up an interest in entrepreneurship and are not participating in these offerings to explore entrepreneurship. This self-selection leads to the I&E ecosystem consisting largely of students in areas like economics and computer science and ultimately shapes the programming to be more directed to the interests of members of these segments of the student body.
== Project 1: Implement programs that cater to problem solvers rather than entrepreneurs ==
For many non-entrepreneurial students at the University of Chicago, the word "entrepreneurship" is associated with things like business and technology. While entrepreneurship is not intrinsically tied with either of these concepts, this strong association leads to many students not being interested in getting involved in entrepreneurial opportunities.