... more likely than others to offer specific suggestions for change. We offer four action steps primarily to bolster the strategic and decision-making roles of PO faculty. The Pathways Commission (2012 , 9) “was created … to study the future structure of higher education for the accounting profession...

... 2012 ; Moser 2012 ; Waymire 2012 ; Hermanson 2015 , 2018 ; Wood 2016 ). The Pathways Commission (2012) also focuses on the lack of interplay between accounting practice and academic accounting research. ¹ The Pathways Commission (2012 , 11) calls for academics to “focus more academic...

...Mary S. Stone ABSTRACT The premise of this essay is that teaching is a continuous learning experience. Experiential learning theory and insights from the Pathways Commission provide the framework for my reflections. I provide examples of learning from books beyond the scope of accounting...

...Anne L. Schnader; Kimberly D. Westermann; Denise Hanes Downey; Jay C. Thibodeau ABSTRACT This article describes the details of a mentorship program implemented by one university to train accounting doctoral candidates as educators, thus responding to calls by the Pathways Commission (2012...

... to “connect the accounting body of knowledge to a map of competencies” and to create “curricular models for the future” ( Pathways Commission 2012 , 37, 75), and it includes a literature review that spans the scope and focus of accounting education, the value proposition for accounting (i.e., specification...

...Richard A. (Dick) Riley, Jr.; Ernest R. Cadotte; Leff Bonney; Christelle MacGuire ABSTRACT This paper presents a learning strategy that demonstrates how integrated business simulations can be used to enhance accounting education. The Pathways Commission report takes a broad view...

...William H. Black ABSTRACT The Pathways Commission examined accounting education in the United States in response to a recommendation from the U.S. Treasury Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession. This paper summarizes the Pathways activities and process during 2010 and 2011, and sets forth...