Will more liberal arts courses fix the accounting curriculum?

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-25

  Willits, Stephen D ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountants' general education; Accounting curriculum; Liberal learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951669701     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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