The looming crisis in governmental accounting education
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Governments and professional organizations are exploring methods to retain institutional knowledge and to ensure and adequate supply of new employees with the skills necessary for good stewardship and accountability. Educating the next generation of employees requires faculty interested in government financial management is necessary as the data's suggest that the total number of accounting doctorates has more than doubled in the past 25 years, but the pace has greatly slowed in last 10 years from 1995 to 2006.
Publication Name: The Journal of Government Financial Management
Subject: Government
ISSN: 1353-1385
Year: 2006
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How does the media report on government performance?
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Adversarial journalism is cited as a possible reason for the hesitation shown by government managers to publicly report their performance. News media's frequency of publishing stories about government performance, accuracy of reporting, and the tone of the articles are examined to determine whether journalists really indulge in adversarial journalism.
Publication Name: The Journal of Government Financial Management
Subject: Government
ISSN: 1353-1385
Year: 2006
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Trends and challenges in governmental accounting education
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A survey was conducted to identify how program changes, the 150 credit-hour requirement, restructuring of the exam and other factors have impacted the governmental accounting course. A questionnaire containing 27 questions was distributed to accounting faculty that teach or have an interest in the area of governmental and nonprofit accounting.
Publication Name: The Journal of Government Financial Management
Subject: Government
ISSN: 1353-1385
Year: 2006
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