STERN ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT TOP RANKED:

In its most recent survey on research productivity in the U.S., the Chronicle of Higher Education, the leading news source for college and university faculty members and administrators, ranked Stern's accounting department number 2 in the nation.

Separately, in a report to the Research Institute of Management at Erasmus University (May 2007), NYU/Stern's accounting department, together with its finance group, was ranked first in the world in terms of its research performance. This ranking is a function of a bibliometric index based on 1) the total number of papers published, 2) average number of citations per publication, 3) impact of a research group's articles compared to a world citation average in the subfields in which the research group is active and 4) impact of the journals in which the group has published.

April Klein

Associate Professor of Accounting

NYU Stern Accounting Professor April Klein was recently honored with the “2005 Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award” by the American Accounting Association. The award was granted as a result of Professor Klein’s research papers, “Audit Committee, Board of Director Characteristics and Earnings Management” (Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2002) and “Economic Determinants of Audit Committee Independence” (The Accounting Review, 2002). The American Accounting Association will present this award to her at their annual meeting in San Francisco in August 2005.

The award recognizes research of exceptional merit. For this year’s award, all nominated items must have been published between 2000 and 2004. Other criteria for selection include uniqueness and potential magnitude of contribution to accounting education, practice and/or future accounting research; breadth of potential interest; originality and innovative content; clarity and organization of exposition; and soundness and appropriateness of methodology. The screening committee reviewed and selected a subset of all nominations, voted on the nominations and selected April Klein as this year’s recipient.

Professor Klein has been with NYU Stern since 1987 and she teaches courses in financial accounting, financial statement analysis and mergers and acquisitions. Her primary research areas include audit committees, corporate governance, earnings management, financial accounting and securities law. Professor Klein’s work has been published in numerous journals including The Journal of Accounting & Economics, The Accounting Review, and The Journal of Finance.

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