American Accounting Association

The Future Viability of AAA Members' Programs

Report of the Changing Environment Committee

American Accounting Association
July 15, 1998

I. Committee Charge and Major Sections of the Report

The charge given to this committee (committee members are listed in the Appendix) was to:

Examine the changes taking place in higher education, business schools, and accounting and information systems programs ... and recommend actions the AAA or its members can take to respond to the changing environment.

In responding to this charge, the committee held two meetings and worked off-line in a series of task forces that addressed various aspects of the changing environment for post-secondary education in business and accounting. This final report summarizes the findings of those task force initiatives.

The ultimate goal of this report is to assist the AAA and all of its members - whether affiliated with traditional educational institutions, corporate universities, or for-profit universities - to better serve their customers (and their customers' customers).

The remainder of the report is divided into the following sections:

[Executive Summary] [Appendix] [Bibliography]

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