Kauai Community College students Meghann Matsuda and Meagan Luoma placed second in the student entrepreneurship challenge held Oct. 13 and 14 at Newport Beach, Calif.
Kauai Community College students Meghann Matsuda and Meagan Luoma placed second in the student entrepreneurship challenge held Oct. 13 and 14 at Newport Beach, Calif.
The entrepreneurship challenge was a national competition. Matsuda and Luoma qualified for by placing in the top five of the student entrepreneurship challenge.
The team was assigned to address a local problem regarding the quality of education and literacy and were given three weeks to come up with an adequate solution.
The students developed a concept after learning about the local annual turnover rate of teachers.
Matsuda and Luoma came up with a solution to reduce the teacher turnover rate by subsidizing or providing free housing utilizing the tourism industry to provide shelter, including hotels and vacation rentals.
