Accounting education

The "Accounting Program Curriculum Gap Analysis Report," from the American Institute of CPAs and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, found that college programs must focus more extensively on areas such as predictive analytics and cybersecurity ahead of the 2024 CPA Exam.

How many of us U.S.-born CPAs could move to another country and communicate well enough to advance in a CPA-related job where that country’s main language is not English?

The state society recognized Dr. Marina Ruseva and Michelle Avila for their contributions to accounting education over the last year.

The American Institute of CPAs opened registration for its 2021 Accounting Scholars Leadership Workshop, to be held Oct. 13-15, 2021, in New Orleans.

Marjorie Adams of Fourlane discusses nontraditional careers in accounting, and why she's setting up a scholarship fund to encourage students to explore them.

The Columbus, Ohio-based university will develop online training courses for CPAs throughout the state.

Whenever anyone asks Danica Dilligard how long she has been with Ernst & Young, she is always tempted to answer, “Since I was 14.”

The Big Four firm created the program to give more people of color the opportunity to become CPAs.

The Top 20 Firm will hold an annual summer program designed to recruit, develop and retain minority accounting students with a Diversity Leadership Summit and internship opportunities.

Fifty-one students across the state were awarded academic accounting scholarships this year, worth approximately $136,000.

The state society is looking for student applications for more than 40 scholarships by April 1, 2021.

The Institute of Management Accountants recognized eight more colleges and universities around the world notable in their commitment to students earning the Certified Management Accountant credential.

The 2021 CPA Success Index ranks the 521 largest collegiate accounting programs on how well students progress toward completing all four parts of the CPA Exam.

The annual program provides up to $10,000 and an internship to 10 diverse accounting students pursuing the CPA license.

Deloitte and its Deloitte Foundation announced that a student team from the Missouri university topped eight other schools in presenting an analysis of a detailed tax case.

Mississippi State University's Richard C. Adkerson School of Accountancy will offer two virtual master's programs, in accounting and taxation, beginning in fall 2021.

Thirty minority students are the latest group to graduate from the state society's annual diversity and internship training program.

Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeff Thomson is predicting six major developments in the finance and accounting profession this year.

The New Jersey Society of CPAs has awarded $1,200 each to ten of its members to help offset tuition costs on the road to becoming a CPA.

The Institute of Management Accountants reported record growth in 2020 despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the accounting profession.