Institutional changes in university accounting education in post-revolutionary China: From political orientation to internationalization

Since the formation of the Peoples’ Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, the broad field of accounting education in China has undergone many changes in the context of a dramatically changing sociopolitical environment. The institutional mechanisms in Chinese university accounting education are examined in this paper, principally through a re-reading of the historical experience since 1949. We utilize an institutional theory frame to examine how action in the regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive pillars have shaped accounting education from its heavily political orientation in the early years of the PRC to a more internationalized university accounting education system that has begun to take shape in contemporary China. We seek to contribute a contextualized understanding of contemporary China's accounting education, while adapting and extending the role of institutional theory in explaining education changes more broadly.     

Including audit regulation in the accounting curriculum

Audits and auditors are regulated to uphold audit quality, thus regulation is important to the public interest and clearly impacts firms and CPAs. Moreover, the reach of audit regulation has expanded greatly in the last decade with the establishment of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Recent research and calls from the profession point to enhancing the coverage of audit regulation in the accounting curriculum so that students understand the consequences of failing to adhere to professional standards. In this paper, we propose regulatory content for inclusion in the curriculum, we survey and catalog existing auditing textbooks and other educational materials for regulatory content, and we suggest flexible alternatives for incorporating this topic into the curriculum. It is our hope that, with these resources, faculty can more effectively include audit regulation in the classroom and achieve a high level of student comprehension and learning on the topic.     

中高职三二分段下的学生素质拓展系统的设计与实现

针对高职教育发展的新形势、新政策、新要求，中高职三二分段教育成为高职教育的一部分，传统大学生素质拓展系统均适用于普通高校，设计开发一个适用于高职教育，针对中高职学生特点、职业教育培养目标的学生素质拓展系统非常有必要，有利于职业技能人才的全面培养，也减轻了学校相关工作人员的工作量，为师生带来方便。     

Upper‐echelon executive human capital and compensation: Generalist vs specialist skills

This study extends current knowledge of upper echelon executive compensation beyond the CEO, specifically CFO compensation, based on whether they possess generalist or specialist skills. We find that “strategic” CFOs with an elite MBA (generalist) consistently command a compensation premium, while “accounting” CFOs (specialist) and CFOs with a non‐MBA master's degree, even from an elite institution, do not. Further, scarce “strategic” CFOs are awarded both higher salaries and higher equity‐based compensation. Our findings support the view that unique complementarities between scarce CFOs and firms increase these executives' bargaining power leading to pay premium. Our results are robust to post‐hiring years, firm sizes, board characteristics, and CFO's insider/outsider status. We contribute at the confluence of upper‐echelon compensation, executive human capital, resource‐based view, and assortative matching literatures. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Publishing characteristics,geographic dispersion and research traditions of recent international accounting education research

This paper describes, analyses and critiques accounting education research over the period 2005–2009. In doing so, it compares and contrasts the distinctive North American research tradition with that of Europe and the rest of the world. Six journals and 446 publications by 963 authors were included in the sample frame, along with a further 70 publications in other journals. The findings identify distinguishing characteristics among these publications that range from the composition of their editorial teams to the nature and type of output they publish. Evidence was found of geographic dominance and divergent research traditions which has mitigated against the development of a genuinely international accounting education research community. Possibilities for further research are identified and guidance for researchers publishing in this field is presented.     

A comparative study on the effectiveness of English-medium and Turkish-medium accounting education: Gazi University case

The authors explore the effect of medium of instruction on students' attainments at a large state university in Turkey in the Department of Business Administration. The findings indicate no statistically significant difference in grades of 386 students with respect to medium of instruction. As for entry rankings however, those in the English-medium program who had higher scores on the university entrance exam appeared to be more successful. It may be concluded that English-medium instruction is not a disadvantage in attaining learning objectives.     

"赛课结合"在中职《服装陈列设计》课程中的实践探讨

为提高中职服装设计专业学生综合素质和就业能力,在《服装陈列设计》课程中提出了一种“赛课结合”的教学模式。理论课堂以项目驱动形式,采用参与式教学法引导学生在课堂中主动参与学习讨论;通过“服装陈列创新工作室”第二课堂,带领学生参加相关学科竞赛,以“课堂+比赛”的方式达到教学相长的目的。     

思想政治教育与心理健康教育契合的可行性和必要性

思想政治教育在高校具体实践过程中,往往容易忽视学生的心理需求和个性的发展,很难形成接受主流价值观的健康心理基础;而心理健康教育容易浮于形式,难以真正起到培养大学生正确思想观念的作用。只有使思想政治教育与心理健康教育相互借鉴,共同进步,发挥教育合力,才能培养出符合社会需要的人才。     

充分利用WTO教育服务贸易大力推进高等教育国际化

为了顺应中国加入WTO形势，充分利用WT0教育服务贸易，大力推进高等教育国际化，我们必须学习WT0教育服务贸易知识，分析入世后给我国高等教育带来的机遇和挑战，研究我国高等教育应对WT0的措施。     

职业教育的基本特征对旅游高等教育的启示

旅游高等教育是面向和服务于旅游产业 ,具有鲜明职业特征的专业教育 ;职业教育是相对独立的教育类型 ,具有不同于普通教育的人才培养模式。本文通过分析职业教育在教育目标、教育内容、教育方式、教育媒体等教育四元素上的特征、与学科教育的异同点 ,试图从新的角度来看待旅游高等教育中亟待解决的问题 ,并针对问题提出若干看法 ,希望能为旅游高等教育的创新和发展抛砖引玉