Sunday December 11, 2016 |
1:00-1:20 | Welcome and Introduction to the Accreditation Landscape | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Bruce Behn, Associate Dean for Graduate & Executive Education and the Deloitte LLP Professor and AAA Past President Peter Ewell, President Emeritus of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) Tracey Sutherland, AAA Executive Director |
What is the current state of higher education and accreditation? |
1:20-1:50 | The State of Higher Education | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Karen V. Pincus, Professor University of Arkansas |
1:50-2:20 | The State of Accreditation | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Peter Ewell |
2:20-2:50 | Activity and Q&A | | All |
2:50-3:20 | Refreshment Break | | |
How is accounting different? |
3:20-3:45 | Accounting is a Learned Profession (purposeful integration of Teaching, Research, and Practice) | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Bruce Behn Peter Ewell |
3:45-4:00 | This is Accounting: The Pathways Vision Model | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | G. Peter Wilson, Professor, Joseph l. Sweeney Chair, Boston College Carolyn Wilson, Co-founder of NavAcc, LLC. |
4:00-4:15 | Accounting's Responsibility to Serve Society | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Jeanette Franzel, Board Member, PCAOB |
4:15-4:30 | The Importance of Accounting's Professional Identity | | William Ezzell, retired Partner, Deloitte |
4:30-4:45 | Culture of Peer Review/Self-study | | Jan Williams, Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus, University of Tennessee |
4:45-5:00 | Available Data for Decisions | | James Suh, Director , Continuous Improvement & Analytics, National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) |
What are the key issues for accounting programs, the profession and accreditation? |
5:00-6:00 | Activity and Q&A | | All |
6:00-7:30 | Social Networking Reception Fun | | All |
Monday December 12, 2016 |
7:00-8:00 | Continental Breakfast | | |
8:00-8:15 | Welcome back and Updates | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | |
What are the opportunities and challenges? Our stakeholders' perspectives The Accreditors' Perspectives |
8:15-8:25 | Regional Accreditation: MSCHE | | Elizabeth H. Sibolski, President Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) |
8:25-8:35 | Regional Accreditation: SACSCOC | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Kevin Sightler, Coordinator of Substantive Change, Southern Association of Colleges & Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) |
8:35-8:45 | College of Business and Business Programs: Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Cindi Bearden, LaGrange College |
8:45-8:55 | College of Business and Accounting: AACSB | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Robert Reid, Executive Vice President and Chief Accreditation Officer at AACSB International (AACSB) |
8:55-9:05 | College of Business and Accounting: IACBE | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Phyllis Okrepkie,Vice President of Accreditation and Organizational Advancement atInternational Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE) |
9:05-9:45 | Activity and Q&A | | All |
9:45-10:00 | Refreshment break | | |
What are the opportunities and challenges? Our stakeholders' perspectives The Accounting Profession's and Regulators' Perspectives |
10:00-10:10 | AICPA | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Tracey Golden, Partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP |
10:10-10:20 | NASBA | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Jan Williams |
10:20-10:30 | IIA | | Paul Sobel, Vice President/Chief Audit Executive, Georgia-Pacific, LLP |
10:30-10:40 | IMA | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Raef Lawson, Vice President-Research and Policy and Professor-in-Residence |
10:40-10:50 | FEI | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Chris Westfall, Vice President of Content Strategy, Financial Executives International |
10:50-11:20 | Activity and Q&A | | All |
What are the opportunities and challenges? Emerging Models and Key Partners/Influencers' Perspectives |
11:20-11:30 | Competency-based Approaches | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Peter Ewell |
11:30-11:40 | Online Learning Platforms (how to accredit new models)
| ![](/portals/0/images/icons/video_icon_32x32.png) | Phil Regier, University Dean for Educational Initiatives at Arizona State University and CEO of EdPlus |
11:40-11:50 | Publisher/Learning Management Tools | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Tim Vertovec, Managing Director, Accounting and Business Law, McGraw Hill Education |
11:50-12:00 | Review Courses (role of credentialing, outcomes) | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Charlotte Roberts, Vice President of eLearning, Roger CPA Review |
11:50-12:20 | Activity and Q&A | | All |
12:20-1:30 | Lunch | ![](/portals/0/images/icons/Extpdf_32x32_Standard.png) | Sean Gallagher, Chief Strategy Officer, Northeastern University Global Network |
What is the value of accreditation? |
1:30-2:30 | Panel and Q&A | | Panel of representatives from Higher Education and Accounting Programs from across a wide range of universities and colleges with varying levels of accreditation. |
2:30-4:30 | Exploring the Alternatives | Case Introduction Case Activity Sean Gallagher Graphic | Sean Gallagher Julie Smith David, AAA All |
3:30-4:00 | Refreshments (overlapping with the activity) | | |
Going forward |
4:00-5:00 | What did we learn? Big Ideas Contest | | Peter Ewell Susan Crosson, AAA |
5:00 | Adjourn | | |