|
The American Accounting Association requests nominations for the Innovation in Accounting Education Award.
Award Intent
The award is intended to encourage innovation and improvement in accounting education, recognizing significant programmatic changes or a significant activity, concept, or set of materials. The winner may be an individual, a group of individuals, or an institution
Award Criteria
The primary criteria used by the Selection Committee to judge submissions include:
- innovation;
- demonstrated educational benefits; and
- adaptability by other educational institutions or to other situations
Award Process
Application materials should include an executive summary of the activity, concept, or materials, and a detailed statement explaining how (1) it is innovative, (2) has demonstrated educational benefits (i.e., evidence of the value of the educational innovation), and (3) can be adapted by other educational institutions or to other situations. Adequate materials must be submitted so that the evaluation committee can make an assessment on these three dimensions. All materials must be submitted by January 15, 2005. Electronic submissions are desired but not required.
Mailing Instructions
Submit application materials to David E. Stout, Department of Accounting & Finance, Williamson College of Business Administration, Youngstown State University, One University Plaza, Youngstown, OH 44555-0001. Electronic submissions should be sent to: destout@ysu.edu.
Award Presentation
The winner will be announced in the Accounting Education News. The award, a plaque and $5,000 funded by the Ernst & Young Foundation, will be presented at the 2005 AAA Annual Meeting.
Although publication is not a requirement for receiving the award, the award-winning innovation will be eligible for publication in Issues in Accounting Education as a scholarly article, subject to the normal manuscript review process and acceptance of the paper by the editor of the journal.
|
