Curriculum as strategy: The scope and organization of business education in liberal arts colleges

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 413-440

  Kushner, Roland J ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0033164196     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221546.1999.11780770     Document Type: Article

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