ACCOUNTING HISTORY AND GOVERNMENTAL INQUIRIES: AN EXPERIMENT IN ADVERSARIAL ROLEPLAY

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. CRAIG ◽  
A. J. GREINKE
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
American History ◽  
Steel Industry ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Ancillary Benefits ◽  
Historical Materials ◽  
Accounting History ◽  
Central Focus ◽  
Accounting Courses ◽  
Accounting Theory

Governmental inquiries where accounting is a central focus are a rich resource for injecting much needed historical content into accounting courses in higher education. An adversarial roleplay recreated a Wage Stabilization Board hearing in Washington, D.C. which, in 1952, led to President Truman's seizure of the American steel industry and ultimately to a constitutional crisis. The roleplay centered on the accounting issues debated by that Board in response to a highly provocative submission by W. A. Paton on behalf of the steel industry. The roleplay revealed strong support for recourse to such historical materials in providing an enjoyable, stimulating and effective way of learning accounting theory. Ancillary benefits were that students gained a better understanding of some important economic, political and constitutional issues in American history.

Navigating the Terrain of Diversity

2016 ◽  
pp. 248-268
Author(s):  
Moses Rumano ◽  
Rhoda Sommers
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Academic Lives

In this chapter the authors suggest that religious institutions are strategically and morally positioned to advocate for the inclusion of faculty from diverse backgrounds who will become the voice of the voiceless and the ambassadors for many historically oppressed and underrepresented groups in higher education. The successful integration of faculty from diverse backgrounds at predominantly European American religious institutions of higher education brings the much needed transformation into the social, spiritual, and academic lives of students. Through the lived experiences of six faculty members from diverse backgrounds serving at a variety of religious institutions, the authors discuss ways religious institutions of higher education can advocate for faculty from diverse backgrounds by adopting distinctive policies and beliefs, creating a strong support base through mentorship, and providing opportunities for professional growth to create a welcoming work environment.

Becoming not Being: using the rhizome in widening participation evaluation

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-254
Author(s):  
Naomi Clements ◽  
Matthew Short
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Widening Participation ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Value For Money ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Evaluation Practice ◽  
Central Focus ◽  
What Works ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Southern Universities

Evaluation of widening participation (WP) activity is becoming a core expectation within higher education. It now forms a central focus to access and participation plans: a key document to qualify as a higher education provider within England. The new regulator for English higher education providers, the Office for Students (OfS), has placed their evaluation strategy within discourses of value for money, risk and accountability, reflecting the marketised higher education system (OfS, 2018).<br/> This innovative practice article extends a concept presented at the Open University's Access, Participation and Success event 'Evaluating WP initiatives: Overcoming the Challenges' in February 2019. In this article we provide an example of how the Southern Universities Network (SUN) is developing the concept of the rhizome into evaluative practice that challenges established evaluation methods currently celebrated by the regulator. As part of the strategically funded Uni Connect programme (OfS, 2020), our evaluation practice is expected to provide evidence of 'what works' in wid ening participation activity. As evaluators, our practice should ensure our activities are fit for purpose and provide positive outcomes for our participants. Within this article we outline why our current evaluative practice does not allow for transformative widening participation (Jones and Thomas, 2005) and why we must think wider than linear timelines and fixed measurements to truly understand what works.

Essay Reviews

1973 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-283 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
American History ◽  
Black Mountain College ◽  
Educational History ◽  
The Past ◽  
Black Mountain

ON AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY These essay reviews all deal with American educational history. Laurence Veysey evaluates Martin Duberman's account of Black Mountain College, while Harold and Mildred Coy review Raymond and Charlotte Koch's consideration of Commonwealth College. Both Black Mountain and Commonwealth were ambitious experiments in higher education that,with very different intentions, organization, and personnel, flourished and failed in the past fifty years. Marvin Lazeron analyzes several works of the revisionist educational historians. He sees their work as an outgrowth of criticism of present-day schooling and a response to more general reinterpretations of American history.

scholarly journals Development of a new model on utilizing online learning platforms to improve students’ academic achievements and satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Abuhassna ◽  
Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi ◽  
Noraffandy Yahya ◽  
Megat Aman Zahiri Megat Zakaria ◽  
Azlina Bt. Mohd Kosnin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Transactional Distance ◽  
Transactional Distance Theory ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
Potential Factors ◽  
Students Satisfaction

Abstract This research aims to explore and investigate potential factors influencing students’ academic achievements and satisfaction with using online learning platforms. This study was constructed based on Transactional Distance Theory (TDT) and Bloom’s Taxonomy Theory (BTT). This study was conducted on 243 students using online learning platforms in higher education. This research utilized a quantitative research method. The model of this research illustrates eleven factors on using online learning platforms to improve students’ academic achievements and satisfaction. The findings showed that the students’ background, experience, collaborations, interactions, and autonomy positively affected students’ satisfaction. Moreover, effects of the students’ application, remembering, understanding, analyzing, and satisfaction was positively aligned with students’ academic achievements. Consequently, the empirical findings present a strong support to the integrative association between TDT and BTT theories in relation to using online learning platforms to improve students’ academic achievements and satisfaction, which could help decision makers in universities and higher education and colleges to plan, evaluate, and implement online learning platforms in their institutions.

Women and Higher Education in American History: Essays from the Mount Holyoke College Sesquicentennial Symposia

1989 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 347
Author(s):  
John L. Rury ◽  
John Mack Faragher ◽  
Florence Howe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
American History

HENRY RAND HATFIELD AND ACCOUNTING BIOGRAPHY

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Lee
Keyword(s):  
Accounting History ◽  
Biographical Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Accounting Theory

The paper reasserts the importance of biographical research in accounting history by reference to Stephen Zeff's book on Henry Rand Hatfield. It illustrates that depth studies of individual actors offers compelling insights to the history of accounting theory, practices and institutions. Biography also has the capacity to reveal insights which have a bearing on modern day issues.

Lies, Sex, and Suicide: Teaching Fundamental Accounting Concepts with Sordid Tales from the Seamier Side of Accounting History

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Badua
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Accounting History ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Accounting Theory ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Over Time

The Academy of Accounting Historians has as its motto the Latin proverb praetera illuminet postera, the past illuminates the future. It is an apt motto in many ways. Certainly, many thoughtful accounting academics and professionals will consider how accounting theory and practice have evolved over time, and thereby gain a deeper insight into how both professional and scholarly endeavors should be conducted. But this AHJ Salmagundi article suggests another way by which the past can illuminate the future. Accounting history provides concrete examples of fundamental accounting concepts. And, because many of these examples are found in scandalous, shocking, and sordid events, the lessons could be more compellingly and vividly illustrated to the audience, by the operation of the rhetorical phenomena collectively known as the Aristotelean Triad.

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