Accounting: Chapters 1-14, Student Value Edition

For Principle of Accounting Courses

Students understand (or “get it”) right after you do a problem in class.  However, as soon as they leave class, their ability to do the problems and complete their homework diminishes with each passing hour.  Often times this results in students struggling to complete their homework on their own.  Even worse, the frustration can lead to students quitting on the material altogether and falling behind in the course.  As a result, an entire class can fall behind as instructors attempt to keep everyone on the same page.

With the Accounting 8e Student Learning System, all features of the student textbook, study resources and online homework system are designed to work together to provide students with more “I Get It!” moments.  The consistency, repetition and strong details throughout the entire student learning system allow students to achieve success both inside and outside the classroom while keeping both instructors and students on track.

The powerful author team of the Horngren/Harrison franchise is comprised of Charles Horngren and Tom Harrison.  Both highly respected professors in academia and in the accounting industry, they joined together to write a text to provide students with a solid foundation of the principles of accounting.   Accounting was the first text to tie accounting concepts to the business reasons behind them.  Charles and Tom recognized that most students will USE accounting information, not simply create it.  In Accounting, the authors talk to the business person or the USER of the accounting information, which engages the non-major, business student. Over the years, the Accounting  franchise became a trusted, tried and true choice for instructors who wanted their students to learn accounting with the traditional framework but with modern application.

For the 8th edition, Horngren and Harrison invited Suzanne Oliver to join the already solid author team.  Suzanne Oliver brings her detailed knowledge of the series from her years of active use of the text in her courses and also as an author of the MyAccountingLab content and instructor resources.  In addition, Suzanne contributes an invaluable element of her teaching experience at community colleges and in varied classroom environments (traditional, hybrid and online). Together, the author team’s goal was to retain the traditional, solid accounting foundation of the text while adding a modern Table of Contents and fresh new approach to reach today’s students.  This revision of the text further strengthens the textbook component of the Student Learning System and provides consistency for students throughout the text, the study resources and MyAccountingLab.

Charles Horngren

Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Accounting, Emeritus, at Stanford University. A graduate of Marquette University, he received his M.B.A. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is also the recipient of honorary doctorates from Marquette University and DePaul University.A Certified Public Accountant, Horngren served on the Accounting Principles Board for six years, the Financial Accounting Standards Board Advisory Council for five years, and the Council of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for three years. For six years, he served as a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation, which oversees the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Government Accounting Standards Board.  Horngren is a member of the Accounting Hall of Fame.  A member of the American Accounting Association, Horngren has been its President and its Director of Research. He received its first annual Outstanding Accounting Educator Award.  The California Certified Public Accountants Foundation gave Horngren its Faculty Excellence Award and its Distinguished Professor Award. He is the first person

to have received both awards.  The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants presented its first Outstanding Educator Award to Horngren.  Horngren was named Accountant of the Year, Education, by the national professional accounting fraternity, Beta Alpha Psi.  Professor Horngren is also a member of the Institute of Management Accountants, from whom he has received its Distinguished Service Award. He was a member of the Institute’s Board of Regents, which administers the Certified Management Accountant examinations.

 Tom Harrison

Professor Emeritus of Accounting at the Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University. He received his B.B.A. degree from Baylor University, his M.S. from Oklahoma State University, and his Ph.D. from Michigan State Unive