Accounting education

Peter Bossaerts and Nitin Yadav, professors at the University of Melbourne, Australia, received the 2020 FMA Innovation in Teaching Award.

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.

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.

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.

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