Do I have the wrong university or the wrong attitude?
gexla: School is time consuming.  Freelancing is time consuming.  Building a new business is time consuming.  Either of the above could be a full time gig or more.  Of the three, the best you could probably do is one full time and another part time.  For students whom have full time school schedules and part time (or more) jobs which actually pay for survival, I'm not surprised they wouldn't be interested in starting a business.