Accounting education

The association announced the recipients of its 2023 Accounting Education Research Grants.

The Illinois CPA Society is hosting its annual conference this week featuring 44 educational sessions and four keynote presentations, including a session on the state of the CPA profession.

The work-for-credit program will help young accountants get their 150 hours.

Young accountants from the Top 100 Firm volunteered 225 hours at local organizations and nonprofits across the United States. 

The Massachusetts Society of CPAs hosted the Accounting Careers Exploratory leadership program for 26 high school students in partnership with Suffolk University. 

Firms need to engage in a systemic overhaul of how they pull individuals toward the profession, keep them in it, and use them as advocates to bring others into the space.

The organizations are piloting a program to make it easier for accounting students to earn 150 credit hours.

21-year-old student Aidan Hunt advises IRS commissioner and recommends policy and administrative changes as a member of its Advisory Council.

Plus, Canopy Insights tool uses AI to answer accountants' questions; and other news and updates from the accounting technology arena.

CPA firms are resorting to strategies like hiring workers abroad, raising starting salaries, offering fully remote jobs, and hiring staff who haven't graduated college.

The board announced 369 accounting and auditing students will receive $10,000 in scholarships as part of its PCAOB Scholars program.

The rising cost of higher education raises the question of where to get a degree. This study examines the educational backgrounds of C-suite executives in the top firms.

Recent research shows that students aren't moving into accounting because it doesn't strike a spark with them — but the 150-rule isn't helping.

Students aren't majoring in accounting because they don't have a passion for the subject, and because they perceive barriers in cost and time.

ChatGPT provides an opening for educators to use artificial intelligence to help address the pipeline problem.

This summer, the Big Four firm launched a three-week paid internship focused on introducing high school students to accounting careers.

The Institute of Management Accountants' chair for fiscal year 2024, Richard Brady, is helping the organization as it transitions from its longtime president and CEO, Jeff Thomson, to a new one, Mike DePrisco.

Among other improvements, the financial planning and analysis software company plans to use the money to double its accounting channel team.

On his way to law school, Jimmy Chilimigras broke an eight-year record by becoming the youngest student ever to pass the CPA exam.