Utilization-focused evaluation: Proposing a useful method of program evaluation for college counselors and student development professionals

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-61

  Schwitzer, Alan M ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031286084     PISSN: 07481756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481756.1997.12068917     Document Type: Article

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