Do you have the next great business idea? Are you interested in taking on the challenges of running a multinational corporation? At the NSLC Business Intensive, you will spend 18 days exploring business in our nation’s capital as you learn the skills needed to succeed in business, from the start-up to the Board room.
College Credit is Available for This Program
The National Student Leadership Conference has a unique partnership with American University to offer college credit for our high school summer programs across all campuses. The American University is distinguished as a premier global university and known for turning “ideas into action and action into service.” As a result of this NSLC/AU alliance, students attending the NSLC’s summer programs for high school students have the opportunity to take an online college credit course taught by American University faculty. The course is completed after returning home at hours that suit your schedule, enabling you to enhance your education without interrupting NSLC activities.
Read more about earning college credit through your NSLC program.
Program Highlights
Start-up Challenge
Do you have what it takes to build a business from scratch? Working with your team, you’ll take a business from idea to launch.
Management Team Simulation
You'll be part of a management team faced with analyzing the numbers, dealing with hiring and firing, weighing the competition and juggling all the details that can drive a business to success - or doom it to failure.
Meet Business Professionals
Throughout the program, you’ll meet top business professionals during exclusive trips and tours. Go behind-the-scenes during visits to business incubators, corporate offices and business organizations.
Dates & Locations
Georgetown University
Meet Business Professionals
While at the NSLC’s high school summer business intensive, you will meet with and learn from leaders in the fields of business.
Examples of past guest speakers include:
Ms. Anna Cabral
Former Treasurer of the United States
Ms. Suzanne Clark
Chief Operations Officer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Martin Gruenberg
FDIC Board of Directors
Behind-the-Scenes Tours
An important part of the NSLC high school business intensive is seeing the sites around some of our nation’s greatest cities. These trips are designed as both sightseeing tours and exclusive educational trips specifically tailored to the area of business. These trips may include:
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- Business Incubator
- Corporate Site Visit
- Business School Visit
- Newseum
- Capitol Hill & Smithsonian Museums
- Historic D.C. Monuments at Night
Leadership Training
At the heart of each of our youth leadership programs is a curriculum designed to build concrete leadership skills that will help you succeed. From the beginning of your program you will learn to work as a team during an exciting Ropes Challenge Course. Interactive lectures and small-group workshops will give you an opportunity to build upon your strengths and minimize your weaknesses.
Leadership topics tailored to the Business Intensive program include:
- Personality Styles and Group Dynamics
- Conflict Resolution
- Public Speaking
- Stress and Time Management
Your NSLC tuition is all-inclusive. Your tuition covers course materials, housing, on-campus meals, social events and transportation throughout your program.
We offer a comprehensive scholarship program to assist qualified students with the cost of NSLC tuition, based on financial need, academic merit and extracurriculars.
Fundraising is a great way to raise funds to contribute toward your NSLC program tuition while also forging relationships with leaders in your community.