Serving Rural Communities with Distance Education Degree Programs

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-117

  Stotzer, Rebecca L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

distance education program; rural social work; workforce issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863910962     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: 15228991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228835.2012.699510     Document Type: Article

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