Accounting Chair Professorships In 1997

Abstract

The paper profiles the accounting chair professorships in the United States in 1997. Currently, there are 380 accounting chairholders and professorships at 166 institutions. Data and statistics were obtained from Hasselbacks Accounting Faculty Directory between 1980 and 1997. The number of chair professorships in accounting increased significantly during the 1980s and the first half of the 1990s. However, the rate of increase was reduced after 1995. Most of the 380 chairholders in 1997 were full professors holding CPA certificates. Their most popular teaching/research interests were financial accounting, managerial/cost accounting, auditing and taxation. Most of the chair professors received their last degrees in the 1970s. Texas (Austin) and Illinois produced the largest numbers of graduates with chair professorships, but Carnegie Mellon has the highest percentage of graduates serving as chairholders in 1997.