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Bridging the education–profession gap: The Accounting Student–Practitioner Day (ASPD) program

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  • Law, David
  • Shaffer, Raymond J.
  • Stout, David E.

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This paper provides a detailed discussion of an annual (and cost-effective) professional-development event we call the Accounting Student–Practitioner Day (ASPD). This program brings together, for a single day, students, accounting faculty, and accounting professionals in a conference-like setting. The conference format provides a unique, and formal, link between the classroom environment and the professional world students will be entering. The program is attended by accounting and non-accounting students from our university, senior students from area high schools, and undergraduate students from other universities in the area. Specific objectives of the program are to help students learn what it takes to become an accounting professional, to provide students with information that facilitates their career-choice decision, and to encourage networking and community-building activities. Assessment data indicate that the ASPD program is successful in terms of its stated objectives. The relatively low cost of operating the program makes it attractive for other accounting programs. The paper includes a set of recommendations for those faculty interested in implementing an ASPD program at their own institution.

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  • Law, David & Shaffer, Raymond J. & Stout, David E., 2009. "Bridging the education–profession gap: The Accounting Student–Practitioner Day (ASPD) program," Journal of Accounting Education, Elsevier, vol. 27(3), pages 133-146.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:joaced:v:27:y:2009:i:3:p:133-146
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2010.06.001
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    1. Kaenzig, Rebecca & Keller, Rachel, 2011. "A comprehensive effort to recruit and retain accounting students," Journal of Accounting Education, Elsevier, vol. 29(4), pages 315-323.
    2. Killian, Larita, 2013. "The budgetary interview: Intentional learning for students in governmental and non-profit accounting," Journal of Accounting Education, Elsevier, vol. 31(3), pages 350-362.
    3. Komarev, Iliya & Preobragenskaya, Galina, 2022. "A framework of market-relevant accounting competencies for the Gulf Cooperation countries (GCC)," Journal of Accounting Education, Elsevier, vol. 59(C).
    4. Apostolou, Barbara & Hassell, John M. & Rebele, James E. & Watson, Stephanie F., 2010. "Accounting education literature review (2006–2009)," Journal of Accounting Education, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 145-197.

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