American Accounting Association

1999 - 2000

Committee on Accounting Education
(Standing Committee of the Association)

Charge:
Serve as the coordinating committee for all Association activities that involve education. Specifically:

  1. Monitor education activities of relevant organizations such as the AICPA, IIA, IMA, IFAC and coordinate with those organizations, as appropriate.
  2. Develop and issue position statements on matters related to accounting education.
  3. Develop and recommend to the Executive Committee educational policies for the Association.
  4. Inform the Executive Committee concerning the problem of declining numbers of accounting doctoral students, and suggest any actions the Association should consider in this regard.
  5. Coordinate the activities of the Association in the field of accounting education through effective liaisons with sections and regions.
  6. Coordinate the work of education designated committees, specifically the Assessment Committee, the New Faculty Consortium Planning Committee, the Innovations in Accounting Education Award Committee, the Two-Year Interaction Committee, the Doctoral Fellowships Committee, and the Corporate Accounting Policy Seminar Committee.
  7. Work with the Research Advisory Committee, the Director of Faculty Development, regions, sections and the Program Advisory Committee to suggest, coordinate, conduct and evaluate CPE sessions at national, regional and section meetings and through other delivery venues.
  8. Work with the Research Advisory Committee, the Faculty Development Committee, and the Director of Faculty Development to develop, coordinate and implement the Association's faculty development activity.
  9. Provide the Executive Committee, through the designated liaison person, reports on the committee's activities for each Executive Committee meeting (dates to be determined).

Chair:

Jane F. Mutchler
School of Accountancy
J. Mack Robinson School of Business
Georgia State University
35 Broad Street, 5th Floor, P. O. Box 4050
Atlanta, GA 30302-4050
Phone: 404-463-9334
FAX: 404-651-1033
email: accjfm@langate.gsu.edu

Members:

A. Faye Borthick, Georgia State University
Elizabeth Hawes-Brown, Keene State College
Jane E. Campbell, Kennesaw State University
Jennifer Francis, Duke University
Alexander L. Gabbin, James Madison University
Ken Harper, DeAnza College
David R. Plumlee, University of Utah
Naomi S. Soderstrom, University of Colorado at Denver
Jean Wyer, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Executive Committee Liaison:

Jane F. Mutchler, Georgia State University
AAA Vice President - Education

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