The Diversity Project as a Joint Venture: How Higher Education and Industry Collaborate to Move the Needle of Progress

Industry and Higher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-174

  Siegel, David J ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic industry relationships; business school; collaboration; corporation; diversity; social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973593208     PISSN: 09504222     EISSN: 20436858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000006777691016     Document Type: Article

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