Accounting Faculty Qualifications: Do They Meet the Expectations?

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  • Nas Ahadiat California State Polytechnic University
  • Sepeedeh Ahadiat California State Polytechnic University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33423/jaf.v20i3.3018

Keywords:

Accounting, Finance, accounting faculty, academia, practitioner, advisory committee, professional experience, CPA, CMA, CIA, Ph.D., DBA

Abstract

A 2008 report of the Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, argued that because of the disconnect between the academia and the profession, many new faculty have little or no practical accounting experience (Advisory Committee, 2008). This study used the Hasselback Directories to investigate the universities’ response to the above observation. The results showed that, contrary to the Committee’s recommendation, both the number and percentage of faculty with professional experience has decreased year after year. The evidence demonstrates that during the same period, the proportion of faculty with CPA certification has dropped significantly.

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Published

2020-08-23

How to Cite

Ahadiat, N., & Ahadiat, S. (2020). Accounting Faculty Qualifications: Do They Meet the Expectations?. Journal of Accounting and Finance, 20(3). https://doi.org/10.33423/jaf.v20i3.3018

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