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- Title
The Ongoing Preparation Gap in Accounting Education: A Call to Action.
- Authors
Siegel, Gary; Sorensen, James E.; Klammer, Thomas; Richtermeyer, Sandra B.
- Abstract
ARE OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ADEQUATELY PREPARING ACCOUNTANTS FOR THE REAL WORLD? PERHAPS NOT, THE AUTHORS SAY. THEY HAVE EXAMINED 20 YEARS OF EVIDENCE THAT STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT SIGNIFICANT GAPS EXIST BETWEEN WHAT ACCOUNTING EDUCATORS TEACH AND WHAT PRACTICING ACCOUNTANTS DO. IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FIRST OF TWO, THEY RAISE PROVOCATIVE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HOPE WILL ENCOURAGE BOTH THE ACADEMIC AND BUSINESS COMMUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE ABOUT THE CONTENT AND FOCUS OF THE ACCOUNTING CURRICULUM.
- Subjects
ACCOUNTING education; ACCOUNTANTS; EDUCABILITY; CURRICULUM; CERTIFICATION; ACCOUNTING standards; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges
- Publication
Management Accounting Quarterly, 2010, Vol 11, Issue 3, p41
- ISSN
1528-5359
- Publication type
Article