Virtual Internships in the Business Accounting Curriculum

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2007

Department

School of Business

Abstract

This study examines student interest in the creation of a virtual internship program in accounting. Surprisingly, student responses to the virtual internship program were highly consistent across GPA, gender and work experience. Almost all respondents indicated they had the skills, knowledge and access to necessary tools to make a virtual internship a success. In general, most of the students recommended that virtual accounting internships should be considered as a viable course for academic credit and that use of online technologies would prepare them for future career endeavors. Students also indicated they would be comfortable with the use of online communication technologies in the course of completing an online accounting internship placement. One concern that emerged from this study was the issue of lack of instructor-student contact in a virtual environment.

Volume

6

Issue

1

ISSN

24760226

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