Call for Submissions
2006 AAA Innovation in Accounting Education
Award Intent
The award is intended to encourage innovation and improvement in accounting education. Further, it recognizes 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. It should also include 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 14, 2006. Electronic submissions are desired but not required.
Mailing Instructions
If you mail your application materials, send 9 copies to Paul Solomon, Colloquium on Change in Accounting Education, 165 Paramount Drive, Sedona, AZ 86336. If you send your application materials electronically, attach your materials in an email message to Paul Solomon at cqm@esedona.net.
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 AAA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on August 9, 2006.
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. |
