Iowa Ledger (2023) - Tippie College of Business

CAMPUS
NEWS
Dain Donelson Wins Prestigious AAA Award
Tippie researcher Dain Donelson, along with three co-authors,
has been awarded the 2023 Deloitte Foundation Wildman
Medal Award by the American Accounting Association (AAA)
for the paper “The Revival of Large Consulting Practices at the
Big 4 and Audit Quality,” published in the November 2020 issue
of Accounting, Organizations and Society.
Donelson is the Henry B. Tippie Excellence Chair in Accounting, the
director of graduate studies in accounting, and a professor at the
University of Iowa.
The honor highlights a research study published in the past five
years that has “made or will be likely to make the most significant
contribution to the advancement of the practice of public accountancy,”
according to the AAA.
Donelson’s study examines how Big 4 accounting firms have acquired
consulting firms and the consequent regulatory concerns about the
potentially negative effects on audit quality. While firms say consulting
can improve audit quality, the researchers found support for both
sides of the argument regarding whether non-audit services help or
hurt audit quality. Their research shows that the effect of consulting
firm acquisitions on audit quality largely depends on how closely the
acquired services relate to the audit. •
in ot her n ews .
#34 #50
The Tippie undergraduate
accounting program jumped
to #34 in nation in U.S. News
rankings, up from #50 in 2022.
CYBERSECURITY
is now an accounting elective course!
HAWKEYE PRIDE
The 2020 issue of Iowa Ledger won a
CASE District V award in the Alumni/
General Interest Magazine category,
competing against several Big Ten rivals.
SCAN to revisit the
award-winning issue!
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