‘Why are you not a CPA?’

Taking the CPA exam gives an accounting professor new ideas for bridging the gap between practitioners, students, and academics.

Gregory P. Tapis used a sabbatical from teaching accounting at Augustana College to prepare for and take the CPA exam.
Gregory P. Tapis used a sabbatical from teaching accounting at Augustana College to prepare for and take the CPA exam. (Photo By Matthew Holst/AP Images)