Assessing service-learning outcomes for students participating in VITA programs

Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages 171-195

  Christensen, Anne L ^a   Schmidt, Dennis ^b   Wisner, Priscilla S ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84897585785     PISSN: 10854622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1085-4622(2010)0000011011     Document Type: Article

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