Abstract

The threat of a global economic recession and the many cases of termination of employment relations make people to innovate in global competition, one of these innovations can be implemented with entrepreneurial practices on car-free days in entrepreneurship practices. This study aims to examine the factors that influence the interest of accounting education students to practice entrepreneurship on car-free days in entrepreneurship practice. These factors are in the form of critical thinking, start-up innovation, entrepreneurial learning outcomes, and the ability to see opportunities as independent variables towards entrepreneurial interest as the dependent variable with entrepreneurship as an intervening variable. This study used quantitative research methods, while the data collection technique was carried out by means of a questionnaire with a Likert scale and a literature study. The population in this study were accounting education students at the Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, The required sample size for this study is 71 students based on the Slovin's formula with a critical value of 10%. The samples were taken using a random sampling technique. The analysis of this research uses IBM SPSS AMOS 26 with a path analysis approach. The results of the study show that the car-free day program allows students to develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and gain new insights and ideas from successful entrepreneurs.The car-free day program's impact is beneficial in increasing students' interest in entrepreneurship and encouraging them to start their own business ventures. The implications of this research are used as input for teachers and prospective teachers. Self-improvement is related to the teaching that has been done and the method of student achievement that has been achieved by paying attention to proper learning and student motivation to increase interest in entrepreneurship.