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January 1, 2021

Scholarship promotes Ph.D. students with real-world experience

The 2020 William (Bill) Ezzell Scholarships provide one-time awards of $10,000 to five outstanding CPAs pursuing doctorates in accounting who demonstrate significant potential to become mentors for the next generation of CPAs.

January 1, 2021

Scholarship encourages minority doctoral students

The Minority Doctoral Fellowship program provides $12,000 to students who are ethnic minorities and U.S. citizens or permanent residents, who have earned a master’s degree or worked at least three years full time in the accounting profession.

January 1, 2021

Awards highlight innovative teaching tools

The AICPA’s 2020 Effective Learning Strategies Awards are given each year to college and university educators who develop unique and effective teaching tools for introductory, upper division, and graduate courses.

December 8, 2020

Use VLOOKUP to help manage your gradebook

VLOOKUP is a formula that allows you to “look up” certain data and retrieve it into another table, by row. This function can be especially useful when you have a well-structured table with information organized by rows (such as a gradebook)!

December 8, 2020

Get the most out of a guest speaker visit

Preparation can make the difference between a great experience and a mediocre one.

December 8, 2020

9 tips for teaching data analytics

Four professors offer insight and advice on this challenging subject.

November 10, 2020

Bring the remote work trend into your accounting classroom

Use this trend as a springboard into discussing the impact of technology on accounting.

November 10, 2020

Accounting education research reveals benefits of active learning strategies in the classroom

Try these active learning strategies in your courses.

November 10, 2020

Use the Quick Access Toolbar to increase your efficiency in Excel

Try this tip and have your most-used functions right at your fingertips.

November 10, 2020

Help students succeed with online testing

Think about exams from the students’ point of view to anticipate possible issues.

November 1, 2020

Program provides scholarships and internships to ethnically diverse students

The AICPA’s 2020 PCPS George Willie Ethnically Diverse Student Scholarship & Internship Program provided scholarships and internships to five ethnic minority accounting students who intend to pursue CPA certification.

November 1, 2020

Student overcomes adversity to earn Medal of Inspiration

Joyce Chung, a student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, received the Medal of Inspiration Award, which is given to a Beta Alpha Psi student member who has experienced extreme hardship and demonstrated an unusually high level of success despite that adversity.

November 1, 2020

Academics honored for achievements in education and accounting literature

The AICPA recognized four academics for their teaching and research during the annual American Accounting Association (AAA) meeting.

October 13, 2020

Level up your accounting class with these tech tools

These teaching tools liven up both in-person and virtual classes.

October 1, 2020

CPA Exam’s top scorers earn Elijah Watt Sells Award

One hundred thirty-seven CPA candidates received the AICPA’s 2019 Elijah Watt Sells Award, which was established in 1923 to recognize outstanding performance on the CPA Exam.

September 8, 2020

5 activities for the in-person or virtual classroom

Try these fun and engaging ways of teaching accounting topics.

September 8, 2020

Prevent cheating while teaching remotely

Faculty can take these motives into account when attempting to deter cheating in their courses.

September 8, 2020

Calculating depreciation using the SLN function

When teaching depreciation in Introduction to Accounting, faculty always cover a variety of different depreciation methods, including straight-line depreciation. Next time you teach this topic, build your students’ Excel skills by showing them how to use the straight-line (SLN) function in Excel.

August 11, 2020

Make the first day of your online class count

Your first remote class of the semester is your chance to let students know what to expect, start building connections with them, and help them get comfortable with the technology. Try these tips for getting a remote semester off to a great start.