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I'm going to clear this out. Please keep posting suggestions and ideas. [[User:Daw44|Daw44]] 16:22, 10 January 2009 (MST) | I'm going to clear this out. Please keep posting suggestions and ideas. [[User:Daw44|Daw44]] 16:22, 10 January 2009 (MST) | ||
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| + | *Below I've brainstormed on how we might implement a student feature for PhD prep or doctoral students. I started with Professor Wood as an example. Ideas? Comments? --[[User:Emetts|Emetts]] 23:39, 16 January 2009 (MST) | ||
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| + | ! <h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#001E4D;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #258;text-align:left;color:#fff;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">About the Ph.D. Prep Program</h2> | ||
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| + | |style="color:#000"|BYU's [http://marriottschool.byu.edu/soa School of Accountancy] offers a specialized [http://marriottschool.byu.edu/soa/curriculum/phdprep.cfm PhD Prep Track] as part of the Masters of Accountancy (MAcc) degree. The program is designed to prepare students to enroll in a Ph.D. program in accounting at another university after finishing their master’s degree. Students in both the five-year integrated program and the two-year graduate program are eligible to apply to the PhD Prep Track. The program involves Ph.D.-style seminars to learn about research and academic work, as well as coursework in mathematics, econometrics, and statistics. <div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;">[[Image:Infocircle.jpg]]</div> Students who participated in this program have been [[University's where Individuals Received their Ph.D.|highly successful in placing at research intensive Ph.D. programs]]. Those who complete their Ph.D. in accounting enter a field where there is [http://aaahq.org/temp/phd/AccountingFacultyUSCollegesUniv.pdf high demand], and it is projected that this will be the case for the foreseeable future. [[How much do accounting professors make?|Starting salaries]] for new professors in accounting are two to four times higher than starting salaries for MAcc graduates. | ||
| + | Learn more about the Prep Track by reading the [[History of the Prep Track]]. | ||
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| + | ! <h2 style="margin:0;background:#001E4D;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #258;text-align:left;color:#fff;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">People</h2> | ||
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| + | |style="color:#000"|One purpose of this website is to improve networking among past Ph.D. prep students, current Ph.D. prep students, and friends of BYU. Please make sure you are included in the website and you keep your information up to date. | ||
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| + | |[[Image:writing.jpg|none|70px|]]||[[Current Ph.D. Prep Track Students]]||[[Image:diploma.jpg|none|70px|]]||[[Current Doctoral Students]] | ||
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| + | |[[Image:eraser.jpg|none|70px|]]||[[Current Faculty]]||[[Image:Accounting.jpg|none|70px|]]||[[Practitioners]] | ||
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| + | Also, please see our collective [[Accomplishments and Successes]]. | ||
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| + | ! <h2 style="margin:0;background:#001E4D;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #258;text-align:left;color:#fff;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Advice, Suggestions, and Resources</h2> | ||
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| + | |style="color:#000"|This site is meant to provide useful advice, suggestions, and resources for all users. These are separated by topical area: | ||
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| + | * [[Brigham Young University|BYU]] is ranked #1 in PAR's Graduate Accounting Program Rankings and #3 in the Undergraduate Rankings. | ||
| + | * [http://marriottschool.byu.edu/news/release.cfm?article=407 Article on the Ph.D. prep program] | ||
| + | *[http://www.aicpa.org/Magazines+and+Newsletters/Newsletters/The+CPA+Letter/September+2008/Accounting++Doctoral+Scholars+Program+Announced+to+Boost+Ph.D.+Faculty.htm Accounting Doctoral Scholars Program Announced to Boost Ph.D. Faculty] | ||
| + | * Please help out! Not sure what to do or how to do it? See the [[Help:Contents|Help]] page. | ||
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| + | ===David Wood=== | ||
| + | *Ph.D. Institution: Indiana University | ||
| + | *Graduated from BYU in 2005 | ||
| + | *Recent Publications: [[Wood, David|Click here]] | ||
| + | *Advice for Ph.D. Prep and Doctoral Students: "<Insert Quote Here>" | ||
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| + | "Starting now, you must use your education not to say something impressive but to do something that will lift others and help them be successful. In other words, you must use your education not to distinguish yourself from others but to devote yourself to them--to helping them grow and flourish, even if it seems at the expense of your own prominence and glory. This is the way of our Savior." Elder Robert D. Hales, BYU Spring Commencement 2006 (full text available [http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1573 here]) - more [[Quotes]] | ||
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Revision as of 23:39, 16 January 2009
I'm going to clear this out. Please keep posting suggestions and ideas. Daw44 16:22, 10 January 2009 (MST)
- Below I've brainstormed on how we might implement a student feature for PhD prep or doctoral students. I started with Professor Wood as an example. Ideas? Comments? --Emetts 23:39, 16 January 2009 (MST)
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