Students as partial employees: A metaphor for the student-institution interaction

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-120

  Hoffman, K Douglas ^a   Kretovics, Mark A ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Customers; Metaphors; Products; Quality; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944439852     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IHIE.0000048793.19622.ae     Document Type: Review

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