Public sector accounting education: international trends and Italian curricula (original) (raw)

Public Money & Management, 2023

Abstract

IMPACT This article presents solutions to deal with the shortage of higher education courses in public sector accounting (PSA) and the gap between what is taught and what is required. The authors explain how courses can be made to be more relevant to the field’s needs in order to avoid a lack of qualified personnel plaguing public administrations with the inability to address challenges. The authors recommend establishing degree courses in public sector accounting, as well as including some public sector accounting in public administration courses. ABSTRACT Public sector accounting research has attracted considerable interest, yet the literature reports both a lack of university courses on public sector accounting (PSA) and a gap with the field’s needs. This study develops a taxonomy of curricula contents and investigates whether university courses support public sector changes. The focus is on the international literature on public sector accounting education (PSAE) and Italian higher education institutions in light of the history of Italy’s universities and the historical evolution of its public administration and accounting education.a

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