Letter From the Editor

• Author: Jim Edwards
• Date: 01 November 2016
• Published date: 01 November 2016
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.22235

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© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com).

DOI 10.1002/jcaf.22235

Letter From the Editor

Dear JCAF Reader,

On behalf of the entire

staff of JCAF, I wish to express

our appreciation for the excel-

lent managerial support that

Kelly Sullivan, Journal Publish-

ing Editor, has provided as the

Wiley representative with over-

sight of JCAF during the past

year and a half. She has served

the Journal at a very high level

of success. She will be missed.

In her place, Joshua Tufts,

Associate Editor of Social

Science Journals, is taking on

this leadership position. We

look forward to a continuation

of the momentum that Kelly

has generated under Josh’s

leadership.

Effective immediately,

allsubmissions to JCAF

must be submitted through

ScholarOne Manuscripts™ at

mc.manuscriptcentral.com/

JCAF. This is a new manuscript

management system providing

a consistent thread throughout

the entire publication process.

In the Commentary section

of this issue, Associate Editor

Michael Ehrlich provides an

introduction to ScholarOne.

Everyone who intends to sub-

mit publishable material to

JCAF is encouraged to read

Michael’s presentation.

I am pleased to welcome

a new column in this issue.

Editorial Advisory Board

members Tom Pryor and

Michael Cipriano have teamed

to provide an ongoing assess-

ment of our effectiveness at

serving the corporate world of

accounting and finance. They

hope to stimulate dialogue dis-

cussing the needs of the corpo-

rate world that can be provided

by higher education and the

Journal of Corporate Account-

ing and Finance. This column

will carry the banner “More

Questions than Answers.”

This new column, along

with the current book review,

The End of Accounting and

the Path Forward for Investors

and Managers, should help to

awaken all of us who consider

ourselves a part of the so-called

accounting profession. Many

of us tend to think of the

accounting profession based on

our own role within this rather

comprehensive umbrella called

“accounting.” In addition,

some excessive expectations

are placed on accounting by

users of accounting informa-

tion. There seems to be a huge

amount of divergence in the

primary necessities for daily

operational tracking and con-

trol, independent auditing,

management accounting, and

investment analysis support.

A recent press release by

the Career Education Colleges

and Universities (CECU) cites

a shortage of skilled accoun-

tants in America. CECU is

a membership organization

of accredited institutions of

higher education that provide

postsecondary education with

a career focus. CECU’s work

supports campuses that provide

career educations to millions of

students in America.

Each month, CECU

profiles America’s “short-

age ofskills” (SoS) in one

key industry. They examine

industries that are critical to

America’s economic advance-

ment and explain how a

well-educated and well-trained

workforce can address these

issues.

Portions of the CECU

press release on the accounting

industry include:

Washington, DC – August

5, 2016 – This month the

Bureau of Labor Statistics

reported that 7.8 million

Americans are unem-

ployed, while at the same

time 5.5 million jobs re-

main unlled in America.

This crisis exists because

employers demand “job-

ready” employees and

prospective employees are

simply not able to bridge

the skills gap without