The relation of student engagement and other admission metrics to Master of Accounting student performance

Accounting Education

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 519-533

  Buckless, Frank ^a   Krawczyk, Kathy ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

admissions; GMAT; GPA; Master of Accounting; Student engagement; success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984675543     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2016.1218778     Document Type: Article

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