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Two members from BRC (Jan Williams and George Krull) and involvement with Pathways Commission Current chair and vice-chair of AAC (Jon Davis and Ray Whittington) Past chair of AAC (Jan Williams) Current and past members of AAC (George Krull, Mary Stone, and Dick Dietrich) Wealth of peer review experience with business and accounting reviews
Relied on work of BRC Pathways Commission report issued in August 2012 Presentation at 2012 AAA meeting Discussions at AAC meetings Discussions at 2012 APLG/FSA Annual Seminar to initiate dialogue
Items 2 & 3 On-going responsibility will be turned over to the Accreditation Quality Committee Working Group sunsets May 15, 2013
Reduces 15 acct standards to 10 Incorporates 9 applicable business standards into one standard (A1) but focuses only on incremental, unique reporting if necessary Focus is on unique attributes of quality and continuous improvement for accounting academic units Follows same structure as the business standards
Focuses on supporting the evolution of accounting as a learned profession Recognizes the importance of student outcomes on professional examinations for licensure where mission includes this focus Aligns well with the Pathways Commission Report recommendations on faculty and student professional engagement and interactions, enhanced curricula content on technology, and faculty credentials reflecting the profession
Std A1
Applicable Business Standards Standard 4 Student Admissions, Progression, and Career Development Standard 6 Faculty Management and Support Standard 7 Professional Staff Sufficiency and Deployment Standard 9 Curricula Content (for business) Standard 10 Student-Faculty Interactions
Std A1 Contd
Applicable Business Standards Contd Standard 11 Degree Program Educational Level, Structure, and Equivalence Standard 12 Teaching Effectiveness Standard 13 - Student Academic and Professional Engagement Standard 14 Executive Education
None
Std 15 (Faculty Qualifications and Engagement)
Standard A5:
Standards A6-A8:
Std A8
Accounting Related Information Technology Outcomes
Addressing emerging demands for enhanced understanding of technological impact
Standards A9-A10:
Std A9
Accounting Faculty Professional Experience and Credentials
Linking accounting faculty to the accounting profession
Sustained engagement activities Academic (Research/Scholarly) Significant professional experience Doctoral degree Scholarly Practitioners (SP) Applied/Practice Instructional Practitioners (IP) Practice Academics (PA)