CPE SESSION 9 - Wednesday, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

AICPA Professor/Practitioner Case
Partnering and Development Assistance

This session has been CANCELLED.

Description/Objectives:
Recent attacks on the role and the integrity of the accounting profession have highlighted the important value of the AICPA Professor/Practitioner Case Development Program. This program partners accounting educators and practitioners for the development of case materials based on actual situations. The cases not only increase the real-world learning experiences for students in Financial and Managerial Accounting, Auditing, Tax or Information Systems courses, but also provide accounting educators with an important view into current practice. This workshop will train the participants in short case development skills, and will have each participant develop a profile of their interests. Short, integrative cases that address fraud, assurance services, the CPA Vision, global marketplace issues, and the AICPA Core Competencies are preferred. After the workshop, the AICPA will solicit practitioner partners for every participant in the workshop from their membership. Cases developed as a result of this workshop will be submitted to the Task Force, and up to ten "top" cases will be copyrighted, published, and distributed freely to academic institutions and interested firms by the AICPA. Select cases will be invited for presentation at either the AAA or FSA Annual Meetings, or the Colloquium on Change in Accounting Education.

Format/Structure:
The workshop will have three segments. The first segment will explain the basic steps of professor/practitioner case development collaboration. A variety of strategies will be offered, ranging from practice inductive to learning goal deductive. The second segment will involve the participants developing their "partnership profiles" for the AICPA to utilize to help locate interested practitioners. The final segment explains the process of the AICPA Professor/Practitioner Task Force, the case revision process, the resulting publications, and invitations to present at national conferences.

Intended Audience:
AAA members interested in contributing to active, real-world learning are invited to participate. Cases that emphasize the AICPA Core Competencies for Entry into the Accounting Profession and the CPA vision are preferred. The preference in the year 2002 is for short, introductory or intermediate cases that can be effectively discussed in less than three hours of classroom time.

Presenters:
Margarita Maria Lenk, Colorado State University AICPA Task Force and AICPA Practitioners
George Krull, Grant Thornton
David Dennis, University of South Florida
Bob Sack, University of Virginia
David Stout, Villanova University