Principles of Accounting

The Demo Docs System of instruction replicates the classroom experience by providing more “I get it” moments outside of class. We’ve talked to tons of POA instructors and our editors have even taken the accounting course (numerous times!) to figure out the following issue in this course that is consistent:  Students understand (or “get it”) right after you do a problem in class, but as soon as they leave class, with each passing hour, their ability to do the problems again and complete their homework diminishes to the point of them either having to come to office hours to get help, or they just quit and get behind in the course.  On top of this, you can end up getting behind in the course as well, in order to keep everyone on track.  The Demo Docs system helps to recreate the “I get it” moments outside of class-- keeping both you and the students on track.

Meg Pollard is a Professor of Accounting at American River College in Sacramento, California.  She received her B.A. degree from UCLA in Economics-Business and her M.B.A. in Business Administration from California State University, Sacramento, graduating as the Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year with memberships in Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.

Professor Pollard began her career in accounting in the Audit Department of the Los Angeles office of Touche Ross & Co. and was employed as a Financial Analyst in the corporate headquarters of the Fortune 500 firm, Lear Siegler, Inc. Her industry experience has also included service as Director of Finance for a non-profit organization.   

Pollard is a Certified Public Accountant with an Active License in California and is a member of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, CalCPA.  She is listed in both “Who’s Who Among Executive and Professional Women Educators” and “Who’s Who Among Americas Teachers.”

Professor Pollard has taught Fundamentals of College Accounting, Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Payroll Accounting, Auditing, Computer Spreadsheet Applications for Accounting, Careers in Accounting, Concepts in Personal Finance, and Business Mathematics. She is co-founder and co-instructor of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program at American River College, an Internal Revenue Service program in which student volunteers electronically prepare and file income tax returns for low-income individuals free of charge.