Accounting education

The head of the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business received the award from the American Accounting Association.

The American Institute of CPAs wants to increase the number of accounting graduates who decide to pursue a career in the profession and earn a license.

The New Jersey Society of CPAs awarded $221,500 in scholarships to 53 local high school and college students. 

Danielle Pollock became one of the seven students to be selected for the board's Postgraduate Technical Assistant program.

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The state society is giving $175,000 to students from across the state. 

The Virginia Society of CPAs is rethinking the 150-hour requirement for earning a CPA license.

The groups introduced an educational program for accountants in the U.S., the U.K. and other parts of the world.

Deloitte completed its eight annual Audit Innovation Campus Challenge, awarding University of Nebraska-Lincoln students first place for their audit project.

A recent study has found that if ChatGPT were a student in an accounting class, it would get a failing grade.

The association is giving candidates up to two and a half years to complete the exam after passing the first section of the test.

A growing shortage of accountants has plagued dozens of cities and counties across the U.S.

Candidates can now sit for the CPA exam with 120 credit hours, but still need 150 to actually get a license.

The Deloitte Foundation has provided a grant to Urban Assembly to expand access to financial accounting education for high school students.

Students in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program offer free tax help for low to moderate-income taxpayers in Vermont.

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Thanks to burnout, a skills gap and the recent uptick in retirements, businesses are scrambling to fill accounting roles even as their candidate options dwindle.

The board announced the selection of Rachel Scott, a doctoral student in accounting at the University of Georgia, as the recipient of its 2023 award.