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An evaluation of two-year accounting programs at selected Virginia community colleges
In the past, preparation for the accounting profession consisted either of on-the-job training or formal education leading to the acquisition of a baccalaureate degree. In recent years most practitioners entering the accounting field have graduated from a four-year academic program. The two-year …
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A comparison of accounting programs at selected Virginia community colleges and proprietary schools with job requirements
Historically accounting has consisted basically of two levels. Upper level professional accountants received baccalaureate degrees while lower-leveled bookkeepers or clerks usually received on-the-job training. Recently a middle-level paraprofessional position has emerged staffed, in large part, by …
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Improving Accounting Education
… This literature review analyzes studies of accounting programs in different countries including the United States. The previous literature suggest that students perform better through active methods of teaching, rather than the traditional form of teaching in accounting programs. The …
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Implementing Innovative Pedagogy in the First Course in Accounting and its Relationship to Student Attitudes Toward the Profession
<p>Problem. The traditional accounting pedagogy that served the industrial era effectively is losing its relevance. Not only do accounting graduates lack the kind of skills called for in an information age but the profession is no longer successful in attracting sufficiently large numbers of …
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The Effects of Financial Reporting Irregularity on University Major Choices
… fraud leads to a decline in the enrollment of accounting programs in U.S. colleges. I find that the percentage of students awarded a bachelor’s degree in accounting decreases after the revelation of financial fraud for colleges geographically close to the fraud firms. The enrollment of female …
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The utility of cost accounting skills to AAS accounting graduates for employment in selected Virginia manufacturing plants
… research was to determine the utility of cost accounting skills to AAS accounting graduates for employment in selected Virginia manufacturing plants. The population of 480 manufacturing plants employing at least 100 persons in the Commonwealth was surveyed. Of the 303 returns--63.1 percent of …
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Perceptions of assurance service services performed by certified public accountants: Accounting education assessment applications
… use of assurance services to assess quality in accounting education programs. Survey questionnaires were mailed to a random sample of 250 CPAs in the north central Texas area. The questionnaire was designed to obtain demographic information and information relating to the respondents' …