Regression analysis of data from 144 students in business communication found that the freshman writing prerequisite improved course performance, whereas the computer literacy prerequisite did not. Those who completed a lower-level accounting course that was not required earned better grades in business communication. (SK)

A case study of a business school in which a working group addressed the need for innovation in teaching, learning, and assessment showed that success factors included the use of learning sets, module documentation, and support from most of the faculty. (SK)

Accurate transactional financial data are necessary for governmental compliance; transformational information is crucial for measuring and improving school performance. Some districts are shifting from a systems to a service, focus, from partial to full-cost accounting, from centralized to decentralized reporting procedures and facilities, and…

Administrators of accounting education programs (106 respondents) were asked about the use of student evaluations of faculty and the relative importance of teaching in evaluations. The relative emphasis given student evaluations was inversely associated with the weight assigned to teaching in faculty evaluations. (SK)

Responses from 19% of 2,000 accountants in states with 150-hour education requirement indicated their preference for the following options: bachelor's degree in accounting/master's in taxation, bachelor's in accounting/management information systems, bachelor's in accounting, master of business administration, accounting bachelor's and master's,…

A university's financing choices cover many shades of gray. Some off-balance-sheet financing uses no debt capacity, while others represent or imply full financial commitment. Many others fall in between. The choices made by a number of institutions in financing facility expansions or improvements are discussed, and the Moody's Investors Service…

Studied a program of small collaborative working groups that was offered students in a first-year accounting degree course and evaluated the program's effectiveness in helping 90 students with their studies. Identifies strengths of the program and points out areas that require further study, particularly with regard to program organization. (SLD)

A distance learning module on auditing was implemented for accounting students on a 1-year full-time work placement. Review of stakeholder focus groups showed that they considered the module innovative; there were concerns about standards and equity. Initial groundwork with stakeholders, especially professional organizations and external…

Three employer groups (n=117), 47 accounting faculty, and 63 students rated the following characteristics of potential employees: master's degree, overall and accounting grade point average, personal integrity, communication skills, energy/drive/enthusiasm, and appearance. Employers and faculty considered integrity extremely important; students…

Describes how San Francisco State University (California) used off-balance-sheet financing to build high-quality student living units with little or no risk to university finances. Discusses financing models, the investment banker's role, partnership with a nonprofit foundation which issued the housing bonds, the foundation's credit enhancement,…

Responses from 188 of 500 female accounting faculty surveyed showed that only 34.3% had senior rank. Almost half earned $50,000-80,000. More than half experienced gender discrimination. They tended not to report incidents of racial or gender discrimination. (SK)

The topic of managing diversity is presented as a way to combine management and accounting to enable students to understand different accounting standards and cultural differences internationally. (SK)

After a study identified inconsistencies between cognitive research findings and accounting teaching methods, accounting instructors in Scottish colleges implemented a cognitive approach with 49 students. Compared to 31 controls, these students were better able to adapt what they had learned to complete nonroutine tasks. (Contains 44 references.)…

Describes the process of performance measurement: What is being measured, how it may be affected by factors (such as parent involvement) beyond the school's control, what measures of performance might be appropriate, and what directions research might take that will increase knowledge of those things that affect (or drive) the learning process.…

The current study investigates school-level factors that affect the performance of students with disabilities on statewide assessments. Data were collected as part of a larger study examining the effects of education policy reform on students with disabilities. Statewide assessment data for students with disabilities from 2 school districts within…