Sunday, January 31, 1999
7:00 am–5:00 pm:
Registration
8:00 am–12:00 noon:
New Chairpersons Seminar
This Seminar is designed for accounting Chairs/Directors in their first several
years of administration, although the topics covered are of interest to any
Chair/Director (7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and noon Buffet Lunch).
APLG Workshops
1:30 pm–3:00 pm
Benchmarking in Higher Education
Moderator: Tracey Sutherland, AAA Director of Faculty Development
Speaker: Jeffrey W. Alstete, Administration Improvement Services
What is benchmarking and how is it
being used in colleges and universities today? Learn how benchmarking was
developed in the business world and how it has been adapted by the higher
education community as an important part of outcomes assessment and continuous
improvement processes.
Jeffrey W. Alstete is a benchmarking
consultant and author of Benchmarking in Higher Education: Adapting Best
Practices to Improve Quality (1995). In a hands-on learning exercise, workshop
participants will explore the process of identifying critical success factors
in their programs, analyzing performance, comparing best practices with other
participants, and learning how improvements can be made in their home
institution.
3:30 pm–5:00 pm
How Benchmarking Can Improve Accounting Education
Become part of the first AAA benchmarking project and learn how best practices
can be identified in accounting education! The AAA is conducting a pilot
competitive benchmarking study that will begin in the Spring 1999 term. It is
the AAA’s plan to offer a comprehensive set of benchmarking tools for use
in accounting programs, with the first tool to become available in the Fall of
1999.
Workshop participants will discuss
the development and administration of the pilot survey instrument, suggestions
for improvements to the AAA project, selection of programs for comparison, and
prospective use of the pilot benchmarking survey results for improving
accounting education at their institutions and in accounting education in
general.
Speakers: Tracey Sutherland,
AAA Director of Faculty Development
Jeffrey W. Alstete, Administration Improvement Services
5:30 pm–7:00 pm
Welcome Reception for all
Attendees
Monday, February 1, 1999
7:00 am
Registration
7:00 am–8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:15 am–8:30 am
Welcome by Russell M. Barefield
8:30 am–9:45 am
Visions Of The Future: Results From The AICPA
Speaker: Olivia Kirtley, Chairman, AICPA
9:45 am–10:15 am
Break
10:15 am–11:15 am
Academic Response To Visions
Speakers: William R. Kinney, Jr., University of Texas
Joseph Magliolo III, Southern Methodist University
Gary John Previts, Case Western Reserve University
11:15 am –12:15 pm
GMAT: What We Need To Know
Speaker: Frederic McHale, Vice President of Assessments and Research,
Graduate Management Admission Council
12:30 pm–2:00 pm
Lunch and Business Meeting
2:15 pm–3:45 pm Three
Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Career Paths For Chairpersons
Panelists: Michael A. Diamond,
University of Southern California
Rick Elam, Middle Tennessee State University
Jerry E. Trapnell, Clemson University
Jan Williams, University of Tennessee
Session 2: Fundraising From A Chair’s
Perspective
Panelists: Stephen T. Limberg,
University of Texas at Austin
Vicki Meredith, Indiana University Southeast
Helen Gernon, University of Oregon
Session 3: Accounting Accreditation: Changes In The
Wind
Speaker: Clifford R. Skousen,
Utah State University
3:45 pm–4:15 pm
Break
4:15 pm–5:30 pm
Repeat Of Sessions 1, 2 and 3
6:00 pm–7:00 pm
Reception For All Attendees
Tuesday, February 2, 1999
7:00 am–8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am–9:30 am
Distance Learning: Opportunities And
Pitfalls
Panelists: Michael Carrell,
Northern Kentucky University
Don H. Chamberlain, Murray State
University
Steve Thompson, Florida Gulf Coast
University
Douglas Zeigenfuss, Old Dominion
University
9:30 am–10:00 am
Break
10:00 am–11:00 am
Three Concurrent Sessions
Session 4: Curriculum Issues: Specializations/Integrations And
Where Do We Go From Here?
Panelists: Earl R. Wilson,
University of Missouri
Philip M. J. Reckers, Arizona State
University
Alan Lord, Bowling Green State
University
Session 5: Recruiting And Retaining Students: Creative And
Traditional Answers
Panelists: John McAllister,
Kennesaw State University
Kenneth Sinclair, Lehigh University
Penelope Yunker, Western Illinois
University
David Donnelly, Kansas State University
Session 6: Student Placement: The Impending 150-Hour
Impact
Panelists: Dana Ellis, Arthur
Andersen LLP
John Holdeman, Crowe, Chizek &
Company
Sam Vitkoski, BDO Seidman, LLP
11:00 am–12:00 noon
Repeat of Sessions 4, 5 and 6
12:00 noon
Adjournment
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