Young GunsA new generation of college students makes entrepreneurship its business.

The bed isn't made. The coffee maker balances precariously on the bookshelf next to a well-worn copy ofThe Seven Habits of Highly Successful People.The only signs of life are a personal computer running a contact management program and an answering machine doing its job. Welcome to the modern-day college dorm room.

This is college, but it's a far cry from "Animal House." Instead of ditching class to swill beer, a new breed of college students is more likely to skip school to attend breakfast meetings with venture capital groups or powwow with potential business partners. College campuses are becoming veritable hothouses for entrepreneurship as formalized academic programs yield a new generation of street-smart,
business-savvy entrepreneurs.