American Taxation Association

Graduate Assessment and Accreditation Issues Committee - 2007/2008

Committee Members

 

Bud

Lacy – Chair

Bud.lacy@okstate.edu

Oklahoma State University

405-744-6994

Fran

Ayres

fayres@ou.edu

University of Oklahoma

405-325-5768

Larry

Garrison

garrisonl@umkc.edu

University of Missouri – Kansas City

816-235-2340

David

Jaeger

djaeger@unf.edu

University of North Florida

904-620-1671

Kate

Mantzke

kmantzke@niu.edu

Northern Illinois University

815-753-6209

Bobbie

Martindale

bobbie@dbu.edu

Dallas Baptist University

214-333-5268

Cheryl

Metrejean

cmetrejean@georgiasouthern.edu

Georgia Southern University

912-681-5274

Mark

Sellner

msellner@csom.umn.edu

University of Minnesota

612-624-1050

 

 

Charges

1

Help identify graduate tax course syllabi that can be added to the online syllabus exchange program. In additional to syllabi, begin to build a database of various class projects that can be used to help ATA members supplement their existing tax courses materials.

 

2

Work with the Teaching Resources Committee to develop the new ATA Course Case Exchange.

 

3

If requested, work the Midyear Meeting Committee, Annual Program Committee or Undergraduate Tax Committee to help develop sessions related to curriculum and/ or accreditation issues.

 

4

Investigate what accounting programs are doing to meet the AACSB requirements for assessment. Specifically, how is assessment being conducted in graduate tax programs and used in graduate tax courses.

 

5

Review any changes to AACSB accreditation standards on graduate programs as well as the role of tax in graduate accounting programs.

 

6

Consider accreditation and curricular issues that relate to the changes in the CPA exam

 

7

Continue to monitor the NASBA proposal for the accounting curriculum. Determine its impact on accounting education and whether the ATA should also comment on the issue.

 

8

Consider how the efforts of this committee can increase the public persona of the ATA.

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