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November 18, 2024

Education program expands to welcome more CPA licensure candidates

The Experience, Learn and Earn program now offers an affordable path to 150 credit hours to a larger group of accounting graduates.

November 8, 2024

How a hands-on project changes students’ minds about auditing

A university community outreach project offers accounting students a real-life audit experience and three local churches a service they otherwise might not be able to afford.

October 31, 2024

Reinforcing DEI accountability

Even as the climate for diversity, equity and inclusion remains volatile, the near- and longer-term impacts of DEI on the accounting profession amplify shared accountability.

October 21, 2024

New fellowship honoring Melancon will support doctoral students

Barry C. Melancon Professional Accounting Research (PAR) Fellowship recognizes the legacy of the retiring CEO and will support research in public and management accounting.

October 4, 2024

Best way to teach adults? Scenario-based learning

College professors teach young adults, who require a different approach than children. Learn more in this Academic Update feature article.

September 30, 2024

CPA licensure update: Uniform Accountancy Act changes proposed

The AICPA and NASBA seek comments on changes that would allow states to adopt the proposed CPA Competency-Based Experience Pathway.

September 27, 2024

New AICPA apprenticeship program expands accounting talent opportunities

The Registered Apprenticeship for Accounting and Finance Associate program pairs employers and entry-level employees. It expands the AICPA’s apprenticeship offerings.

September 24, 2024

CPA Exam update: Core sections to offer more testing windows in 2025

The Core sections of the newly designed CPA Exam were graded quarterly during the testing model’s first year, but 16 grading periods are scheduled for next year.

September 12, 2024

AICPA, NASBA propose a new pathway to CPA licensure

The CPA Competency-Based Experience Pathway offers an additional option for CPA candidates. Comments on the proposal are being accepted through Dec. 6.

September 1, 2024

How academia is tackling the accounting talent shortage

Tactics include second-chance test taking, expanded curricula, extra help for at-risk students, and more. Early results are encouraging.

August 13, 2024

AICPA, state CPA societies nominate accounting for STEM designation

A letter asks the Department of Homeland Security to add accounting to its STEM Designated Degree Program List in an effort to bolster talent acquisition.

August 1, 2024

Switching to mastery-based college accounting classes

How do you go from teaching and testing material in a set time to providing students time (and multiple testing opportunities) to gain 100% mastery of the material? Find out in this Academic Update article.

July 29, 2024

Midsummer update: CPA licensure program continues to add students

Experience, Learn and Earn, a program designed to ease attainment of the final 30 hours of the education requirement for CPA licensure, has 94 summer-session students representing more than 50 employers. The deadline for the fall semester is Thursday.

July 16, 2024

CPA Exam to be offered in the Philippines

The AICPA and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy expanded international testing availability of the U.S. CPA Exam to the Philippines with three testing centers.

July 3, 2024

Using case studies to boost student participation and performance

Incorporating the case-study method provides a way to improve accounting and finance student engagement.

June 12, 2024

4 ways to champion sustainability and ethics in accounting curricula

A recent Global Academic Champion Forum hosted by AICPA & CIMA’s Academic and Student Engagement team featured academics discussing the integration of sustainability and ethics into accounting curricula.

June 10, 2024

CPA Exam’s top scorers earn Elijah Watt Sells Award

Forty CPA candidates received the 2023 Elijah Watt Sells Award, which was established by the AICPA in 1923 to recognize outstanding performance on the CPA Exam.

June 10, 2024

Sustainability course now offers 26.5 CPE credits

The fourth cohort of the ESG and Sustainable Financial Strategy Course begins June 19, presented by the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School and AICPA & CIMA.

April 29, 2024

Adapting teaching methods for Gen Z learners

Today’s educational landscape demands innovative approaches to engage Gen Z learners, who are inherently comfortable with digital environments.

April 10, 2024

Creating a not-for-profit accounting course

A practitioner-turned-professor explains what’s wrong with not-for-profit accounting education and what she did to fix it.

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4 ways solo practitioners can stand out

Five years ago, a grieving Angel Zhen started his own CPA firm with no clients and no revenue. Today, he has 300 clients, $600,000 in revenue and 12 weeks of annual vacation. In this JofA article, he shares how he set up his firm and how you could do the same.