Professional development

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

Christine Kuglin started her journey to pass the test by thinking, 'Today is a good day to become a CPA.'

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.

More and more, public accountants need to build their capabilities around handling data.

A handful of lessons for the accounting profession from the disruption of 2020.

The pandemic has shifted even more continuing education online.

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

Accountants may not have signed on as an educator, but it often comes with the job.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy's annual CPA Exam report also ranked CPA candidates by first-time pass rates, average score and sections taken.