Abstract The article presents a survey to obtain information relative to accounting courses offered by accredited junior and community colleges in the U.S. An effort is made to secure data as to the particular courses offered, credit hours allowed therefore, whether for terminal credit only or for transfer, selective data as to their content, and finally, certain facts relative to the academic training and teaching experience of the faculty personnel teaching these courses. To accomplish this, a questionnaire was mailed to the 207 junior and community colleges listed in the 6th edition of American Junior Colleges that offer courses in accounting. Five of the colleges contacted replied that they had either become four-year institutions or were no longer offering courses in accounting, thus reducing the population to only 202 and of these, 143 completed and returned the questionnaires. The results of this survey are offered without comment, and with the hope that they will generate some interest and discussion throughout the accounting profession relative to the accounting curriculums being offered at junior and community colleges.
Everett B Heins (Fri,) studied this question.