Plenary Session
Integrating Professionally Oriented Faculty to Enhance an Institution’s Mission: An Update from Pathways
Scott Showalter, North Carolina State University
This session will provide an overview of the progress of all six recommendations, focusing on a more detailed examination of the Commission’s work on integrating professionally oriented faculty to enhance an institution’s mission. Come hear the bold and necessary steps which have been outlined for enhancing the value of professionally-oriented faculty in accounting programs. This session will also feature discussions on building an accounting curriculum and the importance of an accounting advanced placement course. Be a part of these insightful discussions which are shaping the future of accounting education!
Who is Accountable for the National Debt?
Paul Stebbins, Fix the Debit
The USA's National Debt has long been a matter of growing concern, but we will soon reach a point where government must stop playing political football with the issue, and take action to save our future. Paul Stebbins, former Chairman and CEO of a Fortune 500 company, and the Campaign to Fix the Debt, are working to inform and mobilize citizens to help effect change in Washington. Join Paul for a discussion about who is accountable for the National Debt...and how accounting can help us fix it.