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Ernst & Young Leadership and Professional Development Center: Accounting Designed for Leaders

Ernst & Young Leadership and Professional Development Center: Accounting Designed for Leaders
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Author(s): Jennifer Butler Ellis (Northern Illinois University, USA), Timothy D. West (Northern Illinois University, USA), Angela Grimaldi (Northern Illinois University, USA)and Gerald Root (Northern Illinois University, USA)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 26
Source title: Cases on Higher Education Spaces: Innovation, Collaboration, and Technology
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Russell G. Carpenter (Eastern Kentucky University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2673-7.ch017

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Abstract

This case highlights a unique program for students pursuing a graduate degree in accounting. The program’s mission is to prepare students to be effective leaders and communicators in their careers. To accomplish this mission, the program has developed a Leadership and Professional Development Center (LPDC) that uses physical, virtual, and external space to support programmatic goals through cross-disciplinary collaboration. The LPDC houses trained consultants who provide services such as feedback on written documents, mock interviews, presentation assessment, and self-awareness development. The LPDC also hosts workshops on a variety of leadership and professional development topics. Furthermore, consultants partner with faculty and professionals to provide instruction and experiential learning inside and outside the classroom. The goal of this chapter is to highlight how cross-disciplinary partnerships promote learning in physical, virtual, and external spaces. Recommendations for navigating and utilizing cross-disciplinary collaborations are provided as well as suggestions for implementation in various learning spaces.

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