Describes programs offered or sponsored by national trade associations in the finance industry. (IRT)

Examines a structural equation model of the effects of persuasiveness, salience, and uncertainty on participation in innovations, focusing on the process by which an innovative manager in a financial institution secures support from other managers in the early stages of an innovation. Finds that persuasion had a paramount impact on participation.…

Survey responses from libraries in colleges with accounting programs (104 accredited, 163 nonaccredited) showed that nonaccredited schools with no advanced business degrees subscribed to fewer than 3 of 43 international journals; the average for accredited schools was 15. Only 17.67% of accounting and finance journals in accredited institutions…

Survey responses from 245 of 500 financial officers and 347 of 500 finance educators showed both groups perceived the same finance topics important for entry-level positions, although educators thought them more important. Nonfinance topics such as communication, interpersonal, and computer skills were also important. (SK)

Describes the 20/20 Initiative of the National Association of College and University Business Officers and the 4 regional associations, a collaborative planning and change effort to help the associations serve the needs of higher education administrators and improve their services. Most member recommendations involved conducting targeted member…

Web-based financial commentary, in which experts routinely express market-related thought processes, is proposed as a means for college students to learn vicariously about financial markets. Undergraduate business school students from a regional university were exposed to expert market commentary from a single financial Web site for a 6-week…

A simulation game being used in the economics department at the University of North Dakota to introduce students to the world of banking is described. The rationale for this approach is that the economics curriculum tends to be more conceptual than practical in content, and provides limited internship opportunities. The simulation game approach…

Credit is plentiful and so are bad debts. There is a good demand for bill collectors. Where they work, job qualifications, employment outlook, earnings and other aspects of the occupation are topics considered. (MW)

Discusses performance-related pay and why the system was introduced, how it was negotiated, and how it has operated. The case study illustrated is in a British financial services company where the system was negotiated in 1986 and began in 1987. (JOW)

Middle school students practiced their math skills and learned about the stock market by selecting and managing their own hypothetical portfolios of real stocks. (SJL)

This article reports the results of a 2-year study examining the effects of subject matter, course structure, and participant behaviors on students' perceived learning and satisfaction with delivery medium in Web-based courses of an MBA program in the midwestern United States. Using finance as the referent discipline, we found statistically…

Describes a study conducted to obtain information on how microcomputers and, to a lesser extent, mainframe computers are being used in the finance area. The primary focus was on the undergraduate level finance curriculum. Information was gathered on the extent of microcomputer utilization, utilization of microcomputer laboratories, and…

Outlines a model business-education program developed to help stop a shortage of competent personnel in the financial services industry. (MD)

Contains results of a study of racial discrimination in the British job market for accountants and financial executives. Results show that considerable discrimination remains several years after the adoption of the Race Relations Act of 1968. (CT)

Profiles Loy Gotham, an investment executive at PaineWebber, and how she manages stock portfolios for her clients. Distinctions are made between bonds, dividends, mutual funds, profits, and shares. Provides worksheet for tracking a stock. Describes how business was conducted in the past and how basic principles of supply and demand still apply.…