The Role of Educators in the American Institute's Professional Development Program.

Abstract The article focuses on continuing education programs initiates by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The author briefly explains the mechanisms with which this program will be developed and administered. materials will be produced in a variety of ways. Some will be produced by hand-picked experts in their specialty fields. These specialists will be drawn from the ranks of practicing public accountants, industrial accountants, and accounting educators. The best person available will be awarded the contract to produce the first draft of the course materials. Other courses will be produced almost exclusively by the technical assistants in the Institute's offices in New York. The proposed course materials will be edited by three to five experts. These reviewers will be drawn primarily from the 74 members comprising the Institute's Advisory Committee on Professional Development. Eight members of the 74-man committee are university professors of accountants. After a set of course materials has been approved by the special committee of reviewers, the course will be given its trial-run under the sole auspices of the Institute. The suggestions for improving the course made by the enrollees at this trial run are incorporated into the revised course materials.