Home Page of Mountain Man Bob Jensen (From the White Mountains of New Hampshire)

This Website is featured as a sharing and helper site in The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 14, 1998, Page A25

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Bob Jensen's email address rjensen@trinity.edu

Click here to search Bob Jensen's web site if you have key words to enter --- Search Box in Upper Right Corner.
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On May 14, 2006 I retired from Trinity University after a long and wonderful career as an accounting professor in four universities. I was generously granted "Emeritus" status by the Trustees of Trinity University. My wife and I now live in a cottage in the White Mountains of New Hampshire ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/NHcottage/NHcottage.htm

My Outstanding Educator Award Speech ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/AAAaward_files/AAAaward02.htm

A Special Tribute to My Open Sharing Friend Will Yancey ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Yancey.htm

Daily News Sites for Accountancy, Tax, Fraud, IFRS, XBRL, Accounting History, and More ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

Giving Stuff Away Free on the Internet ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ListservRoles.htm#Free 

Bob Jensen's Blogs --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/JensenBlogs.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called New Bookmarks --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Tidbits --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Fraud Updates --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm
Bob Jensen's past presentations and lectures --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/resume.htm#Presentations   

Free Online Textbooks, Videos, and Tutorials --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm#Textbooks
Free Tutorials in Various Disciplines --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob2.htm#Tutorials
Edutainment and Learning Games --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/thetools.htm#Edutainment
Open Sharing Courses --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI

Thank You America --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm#Inspirational

Bob Jensen's Threads --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/threads.htm

Potential Roles of ListServs and Blogs
Getting More Than We Give --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ListServRoles.htm

Peter, Paul, and Barney: An Essay on 2008 U.S. Government Bailouts of Private Companies ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/2008Bailout.htm


Scroll for Bob Jensen's Web Documents and Other Links---->

Bob Jensen is in the Department of Business Administration at Trinity University.
Email: rjensen@trinity.edu

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Click here to search this Website if you have key words to enter --- Search Site.
This search engine may get you some hits from other professors at Trinity University included with Bob Jensen's documents, but this may be to your benefit.

Bob Jensen's Threads --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/threads.htm

Bob Jensen's Blogs --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/JensenBlogs.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called New Bookmarks --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Tidbits --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Fraud Updates --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm
Bob Jensen's past presentations and lectures --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/resume.htm#Presentations 

Bob Jensen's universal health care messaging --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Health.htm

Daily News Sites for Accountancy, Tax, Fraud, IFRS, XBRL, Accounting History, and More ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm


Some of Bob Jensen's Pictures and Stories

Sunrises --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2008/tidbits080904.htm
Also see http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090817.htm

Autumn --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2008/tidbits080925.htm
Also see   http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090924.htm
Also see   http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits091005.htm

Springtime --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090603.htm

Summertime --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090702.htm

Ducks on the Golf Course --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090714.htm

Inside the Cottage --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090723.htm

Ice --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2008/tidbits080219.htm
Also see http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090504.htm

Wind --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2007/tidbits071206.htm

Snow --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2007/tidbits070409.htm
Also see http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090210.htm

Rainbows --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits091015.htm

Erika's Flowers of the Field --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2008/tidbits080625.htm

Wild Cranberries --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090509.htm

Wild Birds --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090526.htm

Erika's Domestic Roses --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits091026.htm
Our Wild Roses --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090807.htm

Phlox (my favorite) --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090807.htm

Amaryllis --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2008/tidbits080212.htm

More photographs and history of this area --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm

Sunset Hill House Hotel --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2008/tidbits080824.htm

Iron Ore --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2007/tidbits070924.htm

White Mountain Intrusion --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2007/tidbits071001.htm 

Robert Frost --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2007/tidbits070905.htm

Grandpa Dourte's Champion Draft Horse --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2008/tidbits080118.htm

Church --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2008/tidbits080916.htm

Bette Davis --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2007/tidbits070801.htm

Patti Page --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2008/tidbits080715.htm

Bode Miller --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2008/tidbits080331.htm

Cannon Mountain --- http://www.trinity.edu/%7Erjensen/tidbits/2007/tidbits071226.htm

Mittersill --- http://www.trinity.edu/%7Erjensen/tidbits/2007/tidbits070515.htm

Mt. Washington Winds --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2007/tidbits071218.htm

My Walk Down Lovers Lane --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090623.htm 

Polly's Pancake Parlor --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090105.htm

The Sugar Hill Sampler --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090303.htm

Harman's Cheese and Country Store --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2009/tidbits090115.htm

All my online pictures --- http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/PictureHistory/

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And you might also look at (Randy Pausch) --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2008/tidbits080415.htm

Poem from a Marine to his Dad --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2008/tidbits080801.htm

Stories About Growing Up

·         Short story entitled My Glimpse of Heaven:  What I learned from Max and Gwen
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/max01.htm

 

·         Short story entitled Mrs. Applegate's Boarding House (with Navy pictures)
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2007/tidbits070723.htm

 

·         A Year 2000 message of love from my wife, Erika.  
She describes how a Munich street urchin became Cinderella filled with love and joy --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/erika/xmas00.htm 

 

·         A Year 2001 message of love from my wife, Erika 
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/erika/xmas01.htm
 

 

 
I see from my house by the side of the road
By the side of the highway of life,
The men who press with the ardor of hope,
The men who are faint with the strife,
But I turn not away from their smiles and tears,
Both parts of an infinite plan-
Let me live in a house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911)

For earlier editions of Tidbits go to http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbitsdirectory.htm

For earlier editions of New Bookmarks go to http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm 


Some Accounting News Sites and Related Links
Bob Jensen at Trinity University

Accounting  and Taxation News Sites --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

Accounting program news items for colleges are posted at http://www.accountingweb.com/news/college_news.html
Sometimes the news items provide links to teaching resources for accounting educators.
Any college may post a news item.

Also note the Student Zone
AccountingWeb Student Zone --- http://www.accountingweb.com/news/student_zone.html

Fraud News --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

XBRL News --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

Selected Accounting History Sites --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

Hasselback's Accounting Faculty Directory (Online and Hardcopy) --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

Some of Bob Jensen's Pictures and Stories --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

Free Tutorials, Videos, and Other Helpers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

Bob Jensen's gateway to millions of other blogs and social/professional networks ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ListservRoles.htm

Bob Jensen's Threads --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/threads.htm

Bob Jensen's Blogs --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/JensenBlogs.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called New Bookmarks --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Tidbits --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Fraud Updates --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm
Bob Jensen's past presentations and lectures --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/resume.htm#Presentations   

Free Online Textbooks, Videos, and Tutorials --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm#Textbooks
Free Tutorials in Various Disciplines --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob2.htm#Tutorials
Edutainment and Learning Games --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/thetools.htm#Edutainment
Open Sharing Courses --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI

Peter, Paul, and Barney: An Essay on 2008 U.S. Government Bailouts of Private Companies ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/2008Bailout.htm

Health Care News --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Health.htm

Bob Jensen's Resume --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Resume.htm

 


The Secret of Why Bob Jensen Became an Accounting Professor and Not a Practicing CPA
Nursing Schools Should Warn Students About Grueling Hours

Nursing schools should do a better job preparing students for the grueling hours, often unrealistic expectations, and lack of respect that await them when they enter the work force, says an article scheduled for publication today in the July/August issue of Nursing Outlook.
MIT's Technology Review, July 27, 2009 --- http://chronicle.com/article/Nursing-Schools-Should-Warn/47468/

Jensen Comment
Although I always mentioned the long hours faced by newly-hired CPAs, especially in tax season, I'm not sure I ever said enough about it to a point that I did not have some (I like to think only a few students) who really became upset over the long hours and pressures in CPA firms. Perhaps this has changed somewhat, but one of the problems that remains is that many newly-hired students have to travel much more than they expected as either CPA auditors or corporate internal  auditors. When out of town there's a tendency to work days and nights, sometimes in an effort to shorten the time on the road away from home.

Truth Time
When I became a CPA and worked for the largest accounting firm in Denver, I was also an avid, and unmarried, snow skier. I was even tempted to become a ski bum except that my entire family history made me fearful of living without income and security. I was also getting an MBA at the University of Denver and watched my professors work what seemed to me like 12 hours a week while living in the security of tenure for life. This seemed perfect for becoming having my ski time and still having guaranteed income for life.

I even came to a point where I had an ink pen poised above a contract at Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado where I could get a tenure track position, in those days, with only a MBA-CPA credential. As I lowered the pen, I casually asked the Dean how far it was from Gunnison to Aspen (which looked to be less than 30 miles on the map). He said it depended upon whether it was summer or winter. The pass was closed in the winter such that the shortest route was over 200 miles by going around through Leadville.

I dropped the pen and decided to accept a full-ride scholarship that Stanford University had offered me a few days earlier to enter the accounting doctoral program. The rest is history. I skied some while at Stanford, but after I got married at the dissertation stage of my studies, I gave up skiing and chasing wild women. More importantly I discovered that being a professional teacher and researcher was more fun and challenging than being a ski bum.

It's probably a very good thing that I gave up being a ski bum. I always tended to be a bit of a hot dog skier who skied one or two notches above my real farm boy ability. Undoubtedly I would be dead or paralyzed if I'd truly become a ski bum.

Interestingly as a professor and even as a retired professor I've worked longer hours year in and year out that most practicing CPAs. But this is a labor of love and a challenge to the mind and great relief from the boredom of leisure time.

About 20 years ago I recorded a sloppy audio file about becoming a professor --- http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/academ01.wav

Shared Open Courseware (OCW) from Around the World:
OKI, MIT, Rice, Berkeley, Yale, and Other Sharing Universities ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI

The Master List of Free Online College Courses --- http://universitiesandcolleges.org/

Free Online Textbooks, Videos, and Tutorials --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm#Textbooks
Free Tutorials in Various Disciplines --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob2.htm#Tutorials
Edutainment and Learning Games --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/thetools.htm#Edutainment
Open Sharing Courses --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI
The Master List of Free Online College Courses ---
http://universitiesandcolleges.org/

Bob Jensen's threads for online worldwide education and training alternatives ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Crossborder.htm

"U. of Manitoba Researchers Publish Open-Source Handbook on Educational Technology," by Steve Kolowich, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 19, 2009 --- http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3671&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

World Clock and World Facts --- http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf


This Web project is the most self-indulgent, egotistical thing I have ever done in my life.
But the day is young. I can top it
.
Actually this was first said by Scott Adams (via Dilbert), but he was thinking of guys like me!

In your dreams of retirement, which of these scenes appeals to you the most?
My choice in Picture Number 1 (the techie toilet) at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/NHcottage/NHcottage.htm
At the above site I discuss things to consider in your retirement life, including Mark Jensen vs. Bob Jensen

It is a salutary discipline to consider the vast number of books that are written, the fair hopes with which their authors see them published, and the fate which awaits them. What chance is there that any book will make its way among the multitude? And the successful books are but the successes of a season. Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experiences he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few hours' relaxation or to while away the tedium of a journey. And if I may judge from the reviews, many of these books are well and carefully written; much thought has gone to their composition; to some even has been given the anxious labor of a lifetime. The moral I draw is that the writer should seek his reward in the pleasure of his work and in release from the burden of his thought; and, indifferent to aught else, care nothing for praise or censure, failure or success.
W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, 1919 --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_and_Sixpence

Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, and more money --- Bob Jensen's a happy man!
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
Bertrand Russell


BH: My last question : How would you define the ideal digital society in a few words?

MJ: Equality of communication. Equality of information. Environmentally sustainable design. Low cost and high quality. Technology guided by the needs of people and not by trade and governments. Finally education technologies should be accessible to all
.

Interview with Mary Joyce by Ben Heine --- http://snipurl.com/mjdigitalsociety

Therein lies the real trouble. Learning is labor. We're selling the fantasy that technology can change that. It can’t. No technology ever has. Gutenberg’s press only made it easier to print books, not easier to read and understand them.
Peter Berger, "The Land of iPods and Honey," The Irascible Professor, February 26, 2007 ---  at http://irascibleprofessor.com/comments-02-26-07.htm

I wonder whether in the rush to celebrate the virtues of openness and the fun of group learning, we’re forgetting the virtues inherent in learning in private, in reclusive Walden-like settings.
Luke Fernandez, Weber State University as quoted by Josh Fischman, Chronicle of Higher Education July 29, 2008 --- http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=3202&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

In one century we went from teaching Latin and Greek in high school to offering remedial English in college.
Joseph Sobran as quoted by Mark Shapiro at http://irascibleprofessor.com/comments-11-27-07.htm

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.
As quoted in an email message from Georgia Golden

“How many professors does it take to change a light bulb?”
Answer: “Whadaya mean, “change”?”
Bob Zemsky, Chronicle of Higher Education's Chronicle Review,  December 2007 --- Click Here

The pictures taken by a professional photographer courtesy of the Public Relations Department at Trinity University are available at http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/PictureHistory/
A subset of these pictures is available for loading into a browser at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2006/tidbits060512.htm 

Thanks to the generosity of Trinity University, I will continue to tend my knowledge gardens on two Web servers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/
 

Bob Jensen's Search Helpers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Searchh.htm
 
Free Residential and Business Telephone Directory (you must listen to an opening advertisement) --- dial 800-FREE411 or 800-373-3411
 Free Online Telephone Directory --- http://snipurl.com/411directory       [www_public-records-now_com] 
 Free online 800 telephone numbers --- http://www.tollfree.att.net/tf.html
 Google Free Business Phone Directory --- 800-goog411
To find names addresses from listed phone numbers, go to www.google.com and read in the phone number without spaces, dashes, or parens

You might want to check if your cell phone numbers can be easily obtained:

 To find some cell phone numbers (for a fee):
 The "Free Cell Phone Tracer" only indicates that it has found the cell phone owner's name and address. Then your must pay to see that name and address.
 http://www.b2byellowpages.com/directory/b2b_directory_guide/800-phone-directory.shtml

 

Please note that I am not the radical faculty member from the University of Texas who is named Robert (Bob) W. Jensen.  The title of one of Professor W's papers speaks for itself:  "The United States has lost the Iraq War, and that's a good thing,"
Although Professor W. advocates dismantling the U.S. business system, I am the Robert (Bob) E. Jensen, emeritus accounting professor from Trinity University, who favors free capital markets in spite of our present run of business scandals.
Evil Empire Videos --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2007/tidbits070910.htm

Bob Jensen's Video Links to 9/11 Tributes and Controversies --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/tidbits/2007/tidbits070910.htm

Appeal for Free and Open Sharing of Knowledge:  My acceptance Speech for the August 15, 2002
American Accounting Association's Outstanding Educator Award --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/AAAaward_files/AAAaward02.htm 

Controversies in Higher Education--- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/HigherEdControversies.htm

Bob Jensen's Threads --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/threads.htm

Acceptance Speech for the August 15, 2002 American Accounting Association's Outstanding Educator Award --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/AAAaward_files/AAAaward02.htm

Bob Jensen's Blogs --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/JensenBlogs.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called New Bookmarks --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Tidbits --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
Current and past editions of my newsletter called Fraud Updates --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm
Bob Jensen's past presentations and lectures --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/resume.htm#Presentations   

Free Online Textbooks, Videos, and Tutorials --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm#Textbooks
Free Tutorials in Various Disciplines --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob2.htm#Tutorials
Edutainment and Learning Games --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/thetools.htm#Edutainment
Open Sharing Courses --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI

FREE access to ANNUAL REPORTS in XBRL --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/XBRLandOLAP.htm#TimelineXBRL
From EDGAR Online --- http://www.tryxbrl.org/

History of XBRL --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/XBRLandOLAP.htm

 

My music download page --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm
My electronic literature page --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm
My search helpers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/searchh.htm 

Bob Jensen's search helpers (including illustrations of how scholars search) are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/searchh.htm

Please check on your bank account --- http://www.scottstratten.com/movie.html

The National Debt Clock --- http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
At the above site it appears to be a fixed number.
But now hit your refresh button to see how much it's changed in just a few seconds.
At 9:34 a.m. on September 23, 2008 it was $9,734,361,140,920.08 trillion
At 9:35 a.m. on September 23, 2008 it was $9,734,365, 595,383.82 trillion
The annual amount of interest per year on the above number at 6% is $584,061,935,723.03 billion
This translates to well over a million dollars a minute.
There's a greatly increased chance in 2008 that U.S. debt will receive a lowered credit rating, which will greatly increase the cost of out national debt each minute.

But the National Debt is only the amount we have actually borrowed on notes because the U.S. needed cash to pay current bills due. Every accountant knows that the unbooked liabilities can be much, much larger because we've not yet needed to currently borrow the money to pay bills that are coming in to us or our grandchildren in the future.

Because U.S. Government accounting is in such chaos (the GAO will not even sign off on its annual audits of the Pentagon), nobody on earth really knows what our total liabilities are. The former top accountant in the Federal government estimates that the total is well in excess of $55+ trillion (present value discounted) before the 2008 deficit is factored in --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/2008Bailout.htm#NationalDebt

A huge proportion of our National Debt is held by our friends in the Middle East and Asia. If you plan to watch that 1981 movie entitled “Rollover,” bring along a crying towel --- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollover_(film)
OPEC could probably put the U.S. out of business in an hour if it was so inclined.
And in doing so it would not have to manipulate oil supplies or prices.

Another trillion for a bailout of the Men in Black is not trivial relative to the nation’s booked debt of nearly $10 trillion.
Peter, Paul, and Barney: An Essay on 2008 U.S. Government Bailouts of Private Companies ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/2008Bailout.htm

 

World Clock --- http://www.peterussell.com/Odds/WorldClock.php
Global Incident Map --- http://www.globalincidentmap.com/home.php
Facts about the earth in real time --- http://www.worldometers.info/

Interesting Online Clock and Calendar --- http://home.tiscali.nl/annejan/swf/timeline.swf
Time by Time Zones --- http://timeticker.com/
Projected Population Growth (it's out of control) --- http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata/a/worldpopulation.htm
         Also see http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/P/Populations.html
        
Facts about population growth (video) --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U
Projected U.S. Population Growth --- http://www.carryingcapacity.org/projections75.html
Real time meter of the U.S. cost of the war in Iraq --- http://www.costofwar.com/ 
Enter your zip code to get Census Bureau comparisons --- http://zipskinny.com/
Sure wish there'd be a little good news today.

Bob Jensen's essay on the financial crisis bailout's aftermath and an alphabet soup of appendices can be found at
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/2008Bailout.htm

 


Updated Accounting Theory --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen//theory/00overview/theory01.htm

The Sad State of Accounting Research --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen//theory/00overview/theory01.htm#AcademicsVersusProfession

Questions --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen//theory/00overview/theory01.htm#DoctoralPrograms
Why must all accounting doctoral programs be social science (particularly econometrics) doctoral programs?
What's wrong with humanities research methodologies?
What's wrong about studying accounting in accounting doctoral programs?
Why are we graduating so many new assistant professors of accounting who do not know any accounting?
 

An Analysis of the Contributions of The Accounting Review Across 80 Years: 1926-2005 --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/395wpTAR/Web/TAR395wp.htm
Co-authored with Jean Heck and forthcoming in the December 2007 edition of the Accounting Historians Journal.

I sent out an "Appeal" for accounting educators, researchers, and practitioners to actively support what I call The Accounting Review (TAR) Diversity Initiative as initiated by last year's American Accounting Association President Judy Rayburn --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/395wpTAR/Web/TAR.htm


I created a timeline of major happenings (on a timeline) leading up to the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) and On LIne Analytical Process (OLAP) systems.  Overviews of XML, VoiceXML, XLink, XHTML, XBRL, XForm, XSLT, RDF and the Semantic Web are also provided --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/xmlrdf.htm


Bob Jensen's Archives of New Bookmarks --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookurl.htm

Bob Jensen's Tidbits Blog --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm

Bob Jensen's Updates on Fraud --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm

Links to Documents on Fraud --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Fraud.htm

Bob Jensen's search helpers are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/searchh.htm

Bob Jensen's Bookmarks --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob.htm

Bob Jensen's links to free electronic literature, including free online textbooks --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm

Bob Jensen's links to free online video, music, and other audio --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Music.htm

Bob Jensen's documents on accounting theory are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/theory.htm 

Bob Jensen's links to free course materials from major universities --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/updateee.htm#OKI

Bob Jensen's links to online education and training alternatives around the world --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Crossborder.htm

Bob Jensen's links to electronic business, including computing and networking security, are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ecommerce.htm

Bob Jensen's links to education technology and controversies --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/0000start.htm

Some of Bob Jensen's Tutorials

Links to Bob Jensen's Education Technology Documents --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/0000start.htm


Free Electronic Literature --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm

Online Electronic Book Finders (including audio books for listening)
Online Poem and Poet Finders
Online Journal and Magazine Finders
Online Textbooks and Cases
Online Books and Authors
Online Poems and Poets
Especially for Children
Online Multimedia (Audio and Video) (Including Video and Television Show Dialog)
Online Reviews
Online Links to Quotations

Free and Fee Accounting Software --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob1.htm#AccountingSoftware  Dictionaries, Acronyms, Abbreviations, Encyclopedias, Anagrams, Entertainment, Humor, and Other References Links to Free Online Video and Music --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm  Bob Jensen's Helpers for Writers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/BookBob3.htm#Dictionaries  Bob Jensen's Grammar Helpers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/BookBob3.htm#Dictionaries  Electronic Reading Devices and the History of Electronic Books --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ebooks.htm  How to Find Books and Compare Prices --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/searchh.htm#Books 
Bob Jensen's links to art, entertainment, history, and museums --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob2.htm#History 
Online Training and Education Alternatives --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/CrossBorder.htm 
Bob Jensen's Search Helpers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/searchh.htm 


Free Music and Video/Movie Links --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm

Inspirational and Patriotic Music --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm#Inspirational
Romantic Music --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm#Romantic
Country and Western --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm#Country

1950s-60s Juke Box Tunes --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm#JukeBox
Humor Music --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm#Humor

Banjo, Fiddle, Bluegrass, and American Folk Music --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm#AmericanFolk
Foreign Folk Music and Other Music From Foreign Lands --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm#AmericanFolk

Jazz and Blues --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm#Classical
Classical Music --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm#Classical
Punk and Other Rock Music --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm#Rock
Christmas and Other Seasonal Music --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm#Holiday


Courses Taught by Bob Jensen at Trinity University

ACCT 5341 Accounting Theory (Click here to view the Syllabus and Helper Links)

ACCT 5342 Accounting Information Systems (Click here to view the Syllabus and Helper Links)


 

Background Reference Links for Fraud and the Accountancy Scandals
How to detect, protect, and report frauds --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudReporting.htm  

Updates and issues in the accounting, finance, and business scandals --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/fraud.htm 

Many of the scandals are documented at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/fraud.htm 

Fraud Detection and Reporting --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudReporting.htm

Bob Jensen's threads on ethics and accounting education are at 
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudProposedReforms.htm#AccountingEducation

The Saga of Auditor Professionalism and Independence ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/fraud001.htm#Professionalism
 

Incompetent and Corrupt Audits are Routine ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudConclusion.htm#IncompetentAudits

Bob Jensen's threads on accounting theory are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/theory.htm 

Future of Auditing --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudConclusion.htm#FutureOfAuditing

Bob Jensen's threads on pro forma frauds are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen//theory/00overview/theory01.htm#ProForma 

Bob Jensen's threads on accounting theory are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/theory.htm 

 

How to report a loss, theft, or crime --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudReporting.htm#ThingsToKnow 

What to do if your purse or wallet is stolen --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudReporting.htm#ThingsToKnow 

How to Obtain a credit report to check on whether someone else has stolen your identity to borrow money? 
 http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudReporting.htm#ThingsToKnow  


Stay Safe Online --- http://www.staysafeonline.info/ 

Also see http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=parental+control+software


How Stuff Works! --- http://www.howstuffworks.com/
How Income Taxes Work (including history) --- http://money.howstuffworks.com/income-tax.htm
IRS --- http://www.irs.gov 
Bob Jensen's tax helpers are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob1.htm#010304Taxation  
How Web Pages Work --- http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-page3.htm 
How Internet Infrastructure Works --- http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet-infrastructure.htm 
Stay Safe Online --- http://www.staysafeonline.info/ 
How Internet citations work --- http://www.h-net.org/about/citation/
Long URL's can be shorted by using SnipURL (this is neat) --- http://snipurl.com/index.php    
How Computer Things Work (including buying guides) --- http://computer.howstuffworks.com/ 
Bob Jensen's computing bookmarks --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob4.htm 
How E-commerce Works --- http://money.howstuffworks.com/ecommerce.htm 
Bob Jensen's threads are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ecommerce.htm 
How government works
FirstGov at http://www.firstgov.com/   
Yahoo Government --- http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/ 
Yahoo Regional --- http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/ 
How electronic stuff works --- http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/ 
How mortgage stuff works --- http://money.howstuffworks.com/mortgage.htm 
Bob Jensen's helpers for mortgages are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob1.htm#mortgages 
How Buying a Car Works --- http://money.howstuffworks.com/car-buying.htm 
Bob Jensen helpers for buying real estate and vehicles --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob3.htm#RealEstate 
Beyond Martha Stewart
How home stuff works --- http://home.howstuffworks.com/ 
How health things work --- http://health.howstuffworks.com/ 
How Cholesterol Works --- http://home.howstuffworks.com/cholesterol1.htm 
How travel stuff works --- http://travel.howstuffworks.com/ 
How Frequent Flier Programs Work (or don't work) --- http://money.howstuffworks.com/ff-programs.htm 
Bob Jensen's travel helpers are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob3.htm#Travel 
How Entertainment Stuff Works --- http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/
Yahoo Entertainment --- http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/ 
Yahoo Recreation and Sports --- http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/ 
Bob Jensen's entertainment helpers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm#History  
Bob Jensen's links to free online music and video --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm 
Bob Jensen's links to electronic literature (including textbooks) --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ElectronicLiterature.htm 
How science stuff works --- http://science.howstuffworks.com/ 
Yahoo Science --- http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/ 
Yahoo Social Science --- http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/ 
Yahoo Science and Culture --- http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/ 
How education/learning stuff works --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob2.htm 
Bob Jensen's threads on learning assessment --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/assess.htm 
U.S. Department of Education --- http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml 

Bob Jensen's video helpers for MS Excel, MS Access, and other helper videos are at http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/video/ 
Accompanying documentation can be found at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/default1.htm and http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/HelpersVideos.htm 
Blackboard Helpers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/blackboard.htm 

Jack Anderson's Accounting Information Finder --- http://www.umsl.edu/~anderson/accsites.htm 

Accountancy Discussion ListServs:

For an elaboration on the reasons you should join a ListServ (usually for free) go to   http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ListServRoles.htm
AECM (Accounting Educators)  http://pacioli.loyola.edu/aecm/ 
The AECM is an email Listserv list which started out as an accounting education technology Listserv. It has mushroomed into the largest global Listserv of accounting education topics of all types, including accounting theory, learning, assessment, cheating, and education topics in general. At the same time it provides a forum for discussions of all hardware and software which can be useful in any way for accounting education at the college/university level. Hardware includes all platforms and peripherals. Software includes spreadsheets, practice sets, multimedia authoring and presentation packages, data base programs, tax packages, World Wide Web applications, etc

Roles of a ListServ --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ListServRoles.htm
 

CPAS-L (Practitioners) http://pacioli.loyola.edu/cpas-l/ 
CPAS-L provides a forum for discussions of all aspects of the practice of accounting. It provides an unmoderated environment where issues, questions, comments, ideas, etc. related to accounting can be freely discussed. Members are welcome to take an active role by posting to CPAS-L or an inactive role by just monitoring the list. You qualify for a free subscription if you are either a CPA or a professional accountant in public accounting, private industry, government or education. Others will be denied access.
Yahoo (Practitioners)  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xyztalk
This forum is for CPAs to discuss the activities of the AICPA. This can be anything  from the CPA2BIZ portal to the XYZ initiative or anything else that relates to the AICPA.
AccountantsWorld  http://accountantsworld.com/forums/default.asp?scope=1 
This site hosts various discussion groups on such topics as accounting software, consulting, financial planning, fixed assets, payroll, human resources, profit on the Internet, and taxation.
Business Valuation Group BusValGroup-subscribe@topica.com 
This discussion group is headed by Randy Schostag [RSchostag@BUSVALGROUP.COM

And that's the way it was on January 31, 2008 with a little help from my friends.

 

Fraud Updates --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm

 

Facts about the earth in real time --- http://www.worldometers.info/ 

Jesse's Wonderful Music for Romantics (You have to scroll down to the titles) --- http://www.jessiesweb.com/

International Accounting News (including the U.S.)

AccountingEducation.com and Double Entries --- http://www.accountingeducation.com/
        Upcoming international accounting conferences --- http://www.accountingeducation.com/events/index.cfm
        Thousands of journal abstracts --- http://www.accountingeducation.com/journals/index.cfm
 

Deloitte's International Accounting News --- http://www.iasplus.com/index.htm
 

Association of International Accountants --- http://www.aia.org.uk/ 

Wikipedia has a rather nice summary of accounting software at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accounting_software
Bob Jensen’s accounting software bookmarks are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob1.htm#AccountingSoftware

Bob Jensen's accounting history summary --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Theory01.htm#AccountingHistory

Bob Jensen's accounting theory summary --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Theory.htm

 

AccountingWeb --- http://www.accountingweb.com/

 

SmartPros --- http://www.smartpros.com/

 

I highly recommend TheFinanceProfessor (an absolutely fabulous and totally free newsletter from a very smart finance professor, Jim Mahar from St. Bonaventure University) --- http://www.financeprofessor.com/ 

 

Financial Rounds (from the Unknown Professor) --- http://financialrounds.blogspot.com/

 

Bob Jensen's bookmarks for accounting newsletters are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob1.htm#News 

News Headlines for Accounting from TheCycles.com --- http://www.thecycles.com/business/accounting 
An unbelievable number of other news headlines categories in TheCycles.com are at http://www.thecycles.com/ 

 

Tom Selling's blog The Accounting Onion (great on theory and practice) --- http://accountingonion.typepad.com/

 

Jack Anderson's Accounting Information Finder --- http://www.umsl.edu/~anderson/accsites.htm

 

Gerald Trite's great set of links --- http://www.zorba.ca/bookmark.htm 

 

The Finance Professor --- http://www.financeprofessor.com/about/aboutFP.html 

 

Walt Mossberg's many answers to questions in technology --- http://ptech.wsj.com/

 

How stuff works --- http://www.howstuffworks.com/ 

 

Household and Other Heloise-Style Hints --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob3.htm#Hints 

 

Bob Jensen's video helpers for MS Excel, MS Access, and other helper videos are at http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rjensen/video/ 
Accompanying documentation can be found at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/default1.htm and http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/HelpersVideos.htm 

 

Click on www.syllabus.com/radio/index.asp for a complete list of interviews with established leaders, creative thinkers and education technology experts in higher education from around the country.

 

Wikipedia has a rather nice summary of accounting software at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accounting_software
Bob Jensen’s accounting software bookmarks are at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob1.htm#AccountingSoftware

Bob Jensen's accounting history summary --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Theory01.htm#AccountingHistory

Bob Jensen's accounting theory summary --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Theory.htm

Bob Jensen's helpers for accounting educators --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Default3.htm

Bob Jensen's threads --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Threads.htm

Quick Finds:

In 1876, my grandparents (Julius and Regina Jensen) donated a corner of their farm so that nearby Norwegian immigrants could build the Blakjer Church and a cemetery --- http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/iowa/cemeteries/blakjerlutherancem.htm 
Bob mentions this church in his story about growing up --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/max01.htm 
In the Year 2002, the church was moved from the country to a city park in Lone Rock --- http://www.lonerockiowa.com/attractions.html 
The cemetery is still out on our old farm.

I wrote a document (screen play? short story? tutorial? case?) that is a takeoff on the Muppets.  It is entitled "Clyde Gives Brother Hat a Lesson in Arbitrage" and can be found at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/acct5341/speakers/muppets.htm 

A Poem to Erika --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/NHcottage/NHcottage.htm#Visiting 

Bob's Stories About Growing Up

Acceptance Speech for the August 15, 2002 American Accounting Association's Outstanding Educator Award --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/AAAaward_files/AAAaward02.htm

A Year 2000 message of love from my wife, Erika.  
She describes how a Munich street urchin became Cinderella filled with love and joy --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/erika/xmas00.htm 

A Year 2001 message of love from my wife, Erika 
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/erika/xmas01.htm 

My father (Vernon) passed away on January 20, 2002.  In 1995, he asked me to write a story about his first trip away from the farm (when he was fourteen years old).  You can read the story at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/vernon.htm 

Chris Faye's letter about my dad is at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/dad01.htm 

You can read an autobiography by Amey Cherland at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AmeyCherlandObituary.htm 
I have also attached a copy.  Amey gave this to me in a hand-written notebook when my father died in January of this year.  I promised Amey that I would type it up and put it on the Internet.  By a very strange coincidence, I finished typing it up on the day he died, but I did not learn that he had died until several days later when I got a message from David and Lynn Jenson.
Amey died on
October 4, 2002.  He was 95 years old.


Hasselback's Accounting Faculty Directory (Online and Hardcopy) --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

Accounting Journals Index
American Accounting Association (AAA)
American Institute of CPAs (AICPA)          Journal of Accountancy 
European Accounting Association (EAA)
Financial Executives Insternational (FEI) or the FEI Express Newsletter  or Financial Executive 
NetSuite and other webledgers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/webledger.htm 

International Standards from the IASB (formerly IASC) --- http://www.iasb.org/Home.htm

U.S. Standards from the FASB (Free Downloads) --- http://www.fasb.org/public/ 
FASB homepage --- http://www.fasb.org/

Management Accounting Standards from the IMA (Free Downloads) --- http://www.imanet.org/publications_statements.asp#C
IMA homepage --- http://www.imanet.org/

Bob Jensen's summary of accounting theory and controversies --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen//theory/00overview/theory01.htm

Travel Helpers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Bookbob3.htm#Travel
Google Maps Street View --- http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/
Google maps and satellite images --- http://maps.google.com/
Maps and Driving Instructions --- http://www.mapquest.com/      International Maps from MapBlast! --- http://mapblast.com
Yahoo Maps and Driving Directions --- http://maps.yahoo.com/ 

Yahoo's localized search for businesses and other sites of interest in a localized area is called Yahoo Local --- http://local.yahoo.com/  
Yahoo's localized search for businesses and other sites of interest in a localized area is called Yahoo Local --- http://local.yahoo.com/ 

Maps (including San Antonio Maps)
 http://www.accuweather.com/adcbin/maps_index?nav=home&partner=accuweather

Driving distance calculator   or try the AutoWorld Calculator
Flying distance calculator 
Postcode-to-postcode distance calculator 
International Distance Calculator
Bob Jensen's travel helpers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookbob3.htm 

Foreign Currency FX Converter --- http://www.xe.com/ucc/ 
Live Currency Converter --- http://www.livecurrencyconverter.com/

Search Helpers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/searchh.htm

Free Music and Movie Links --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/music.htm

Erika and I moved to the White Mountains of New Hampshire on June 15, 2000 ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/NHcottage/NHcottage.htm
  
(But in September, I returned to my faculty duties back in Texas until May 2006.)

What is new at this Website?

Updated Tidbits --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/TidbitsDirectory.htm
Fraud Updates --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudUpdates.htm
New Bookmarks --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/bookurl.htm

Bob Jensen's universal health care messaging --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Health.htm

A Special Tribute to My Open Sharing Friend Will Yancey ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/Yancey.htm

Giving Stuff Away Free on the Internet ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ListservRoles.htm#Free 

Some Accounting News Sites and Related Links
Bob Jensen at Trinity University

Accounting  and Taxation News Sites --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

Fraud News --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

XBRL News --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

Selected Accounting History Sites --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

Some of Bob Jensen's Pictures and Stories --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

Free Tutorials, Videos, and Other Helpers --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/AccountingNews.htm

Bob Jensen's gateway to millions of other blogs and social/professional networks ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ListservRoles.htm

Social Networking for Education:  The Beautiful and the Ugly
(including Google's Wave and Orcut for Social Networking and some education uses of Twitter)
Updates will be at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ListservRoles.htm

Bob Jensen's threads on Education/Learning Applications of ListServs, Blogs, Wikis, Social Networking, and Twitter in education are at
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ListservRoles.htm

Concerns That Academic Accounting Research is Out of Touch With Realit

I think leading academic researchers avoid applied research for the profession because making seminal and creative discoveries that practitioners have not already discovered is enormously difficult. Accounting academe is threatened by the twin dangers of fossilization and scholasticism (of three types: tedium, high tech, and radical chic)
From http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/395wpTAR/Web/TAR395wp.htm
 

“Knowledge and competence increasingly developed out of the internal dynamics of esoteric disciplines rather than within the context of shared perceptions of public needs,” writes Bender. “This is not to say that professionalized disciplines or the modern service professions that imitated them became socially irresponsible. But their contributions to society began to flow from their own self-definitions rather than from a reciprocal engagement with general public discourse.”

 

Now, there is a definite note of sadness in Bender’s narrative – as there always tends to be in accounts of the shift from Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft. Yet it is also clear that the transformation from civic to disciplinary professionalism was necessary.

 

“The new disciplines offered relatively precise subject matter and procedures,” Bender concedes, “at a time when both were greatly confused. The new professionalism also promised guarantees of competence — certification — in an era when criteria of intellectual authority were vague and professional performance was unreliable.”

But in the epilogue to Intellect and Public Life, Bender suggests that the process eventually went too far. “The risk now is precisely the opposite,” he writes. “Academe is threatened by the twin dangers of fossilization and scholasticism (of three types: tedium, high tech, and radical chic). The agenda for the next decade, at least as I see it, ought to be the opening up of the disciplines, the ventilating of professional communities that have come to share too much and that have become too self-referential.”

 

What went wrong in accounting/accountics research? 
How did academic accounting research become a pseudo science?
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/theory01.htm#WhatWentWrong

 

Peter, Paul, and Barney: An Essay on 2008 U.S. Government Bailouts of Private Companies ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/2008Bailout.htm

Ideas for Teaching Online --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/thetools.htm#Ideas
Also see the helpers for teaching in general at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/thetools.htm

In a previous edition of Tidbits, I provided a summary of resources for learning how and being inspired to teach online --- http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/thetools.htm#Ideas 

I forgot to (and have since added) helpers for assessment (e.g. testing) online ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/assess.htm#OnlineOffCampus
Also see the helpers for assessment in general at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/assess.htm

Also I forgot to add some special considerations for detection and prevention of online cheating ---
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/assess.htm#OnsiteVersusOnline
Also see helpers for detection and prevention of cheating in general at
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/plagiarism.htm