Business Professionals of America (BPA)
A national Career and Technical Student Organization with over 60,000 members in 2,000+ middle school, high school, and college chapters, in which students compete in Workplace Skills Assessment Program events spanning business, finance, and technology and attend regional, state, and national leadership conferences.
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A two-week residential summer program at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, now in its second decade, in which high school students take business courses taught by Smeal faculty and industry professionals, visit corporate offices, and compete in case competitions alongside campus and leadership activities.
FCCLA Entrepreneurship STAR Event
A national Family, Career and Community Leaders of America competitive event in which members individually or in teams design and present a business plan for a small business rooted in Family and Consumer Sciences, advancing from regional and state rounds to FCCLA's National Leadership Conference.
JA Company Program
A Junior Achievement program in which high school students conceptualize, finance, and run their own student-led startup company over a semester or school year, guided by volunteer business mentors and covering sales, finance, marketing, and supply-chain fundamentals.
JA Titan
A Junior Achievement business-strategy simulation in which high school students compete as CEOs of a phone company, making pricing, marketing, R&D, and corporate-social-responsibility decisions across a series of tutorial, strategy, and competition sessions delivered in classrooms, after school, or remote-live.
NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge
The flagship business plan and pitch competition of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, where students advance through local, regional, and national elimination rounds to compete for cash prizes.
AMA Marketing Certification for High School Students
An industry-recognized credentialing program from the American Marketing Association, delivered through Stukent's simulation-based courseware, in which high school students complete coursework and exams to earn the AMA Marketing Certification or AMA Social Media Marketing Certification covering market research, strategic planning, and digital advertising.