Teaching financial literacy in a co-curricular service-learning model

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-113

  DeLaune, Laura D ^a   Rakow, Jessica S ^b   Rakow, K C ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION   (United States)

^c SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial literacy; Personal finance; Service learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956048593     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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