Practical Liability Issues of Information Technology Education: Internship and Consulting Engagements

This article examines university liability created by internship and consulting relationships. Business clients participating in outreach relationships formulate performance expectations based on perceptions of experience and / or qualifications. Clients assign tasks accordingly, and the university...

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Published in:Informing science 1998-01, Vol.1, p.43-51
Main Authors: A. Peak, Daniel, J. O'hara, Michael
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