A promising career option provides exciting real-world context for accounting studies.
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Data storytelling: A valuable and exciting skill to introduce to students
Help students prepare for careers using and communicating big data.
What to do if students don’t like their grades
Three accounting academics offer advice on how to handle grade change requests.
CPA Town Hall: How to generate exam awareness early on
An experimental event aimed at providing students with CPA Exam information has become an annual occasion.
How to make lectures interesting
Follow this advice to be the best “sage on the stage.”
Legislation introduced in Senate to recognize accounting as a STEM field in K-12 education
The legislation could increase funding for accounting awareness and education.
Use Design Ideas in PowerPoint to create an animated title slide
By typing into the title slide you can access a range of design ideas related to the topic of your presentation.
Use your knowledge to boost the profession
Research with a pragmatic bent can aid practitioners.
Help students overcome speaking anxiety
Follow this advice to help students find their voices.
Teach students to address accounting questions using data analytics
Data analytics is a new means to the same end: providing high-quality and timely information to decision-makers.
Get students excited about the accounting profession
Connect students with practicing accountants to help overcome stereotypes.
How to easily transpose data in Excel
The Transpose feature allows you to rotate data from columns to rows and vice versa from rows to columns without reentering any of the data.
Help students tell the story behind the numbers
Tweak your assignments to bolster students’ communication skills.
7 steps to help stop cheating
Demonstrate the importance of integrity to the profession.
Using range names in Excel
Using range names in Excel allows you to quickly navigate to areas of your worksheet and makes formulas much easier to create.
5 key steps for digital transformation during a crisis
Major changes can be difficult to implement at any time but especially during a pandemic. Here are some lessons learned from a successful system implementation.
4 strategies to look for a new job
Accounting and finance professionals are in demand. If you’re contemplating a job change, think about these approaches to your next step.
Work with other departments to bring more tech to your curricula
Follow these tips for successful interdepartmental collaborations.
Calculating the issue price of a bond using the NPV function in Excel
When teaching financial accounting, faculty often discuss bonds payable and how to calculate the issue price of a bond. Consider teaching students to calculate the issue price by using the net present value function in Excel.
A road map for learning data analytics
Models can help faculty teach — and students grasp — this important subject.
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