Resources for teaching data analytics in accounting
This helpful guide provides the best-known free educator resources for teaching data analytics, including software, case studies, tutorials, assignments, full curricula, and more.
Accounting Education
Guide students toward better critical thinking
Learn about the stages of critical thinking to help accounting students develop skills needed for professional success.
Write better letters of recommendation
Effective letters of recommendation can help shape futures. Follow these guidelines to make the process as easy as possible.
Ask the expert: Education
Roger O’Donnell leads the Global Audit D&A initiative and currently serves as the lead engagement partner for several multinational companies.
A problem-based learning project for accounting classes
In this project that promotes critical thinking and collaboration, students work in groups to develop and research a driving question. Instructions and a sample timeline are included.
How to respond to student evaluations
Seasoned faculty members offer their best advice for putting evaluations in the proper perspective and using them to improve your teaching.
Scholarships aid 20 incoming freshmen pursuing careers in accounting
Twenty students received the second annual AICPA Foundation High School Scholarship for incoming college freshmen planning to pursue careers in the accounting profession.
Firms selected to co-sponsor scholarship and internship program focused on diversity
Each firm will co-sponsor one student for an internship during the 2020 tax season (January–April). The AICPA will then award up to $20,000 per student to assist with tuition in his or her final academic year.
4 ways to create an inclusive department
Here are big and small ways to evolve from diversity to inclusion.
Help students embrace emerging technologies
Educators and practitioners play an important role in helping students succeed in the evolving profession.
Choose the right service opportunities
While some forms of service can feel burdensome, others can enhance your career and raise your profile on campus.
How faculty can learn emerging technologies
Try these strategies and tools to find the time to learn technology despite your busy schedule.
Scholarship helps accounting students transferring from two- to four-year schools
Twenty-four students received Two-Year Transfer Scholarships, which award $5,000 each toward the tuition of exemplary students transferring from a two-year college to a four-year college or university to finish their accounting degrees.
Minority Doctoral Fellowship aids in the journey toward becoming accounting professor
Twenty-five doctoral students received the AICPA's annual Minority Doctoral Fellowship, providing the recipients with $12,000 to aid them on their journey toward becoming accounting professor role models to future CPAs.
How to identify and prevent contract cheating
Accounting faculty and academic integrity experts weigh in on contract cheating and recommend ways to identify it and keep students from engaging in the practice.
Why you should use metacognition in the classroom
Introducing students to metacognition — or examining the ways they think and study — can help them move beyond memorization to higher levels of critical thinking.
Working group considers changes to CPA licensing requirements
The focus is on innovation and client demands.
Tips for better PowerPoint presentations
Try these ideas to hold students’ interest during lectures with slides.
3 high school students win online accounting game tournament
Three high school students won this year’s AICPA Bank On It tournaments.
D. Scott Showalter, CPA, CGMA
Following your passion opens the door to a productive, enjoyable career, according to D. Scott Showalter, CPA, CGMA, director of the Master of Accounting Program at North Carolina State University.
