This paper describes and compares the profiles of the top accounting programs in the United States as identified by "U.S. News and World Report" in 2004 with the profiles of the top accounting programs in the United States as identified by the "Accounting Degree Review" in 2014. The "Accounting Degree Review"'s list…

This paper examines primarily the courses in the accounting major and a portion of the business core of the best thirty accounting programs in the United States as identified by the Accounting Degree Review. A thorough examination of each school's web site has been conducted to gather current (2014) information concerning the requirements for a…

This paper identified factors within the higher education environment that significantly influence student retention rates and the timely graduation of traditional full-time, first-time, degree seeking students in the state of Colorado. The paper uses the research findings of national studies and other studies conducted by Wisconsin and…

THE 25 CALIFORNIA COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OFFERING GRADUATE MUSIC PROGRAMS WERE SURVEYED TO GIVE AN EVALUATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE GRADUATE MUSIC DEGREE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE, TO GAIN SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEEDS OF GRADUATE MUSIC STUDENTS, AND TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND ADEQUACY OF THESE PROGRAMS. A…