How COVID-19 changed the way we teach
The COVID-19 pandemic forced colleges and universities to embrace the digital age. Accounting faculty members reflect on adapting to the changes, both positive and negative.
Accounting Education
2024 CPA Exam Blueprints released
Updates to the CPA Exam Blueprints introduce flexibility and reflect the changing role and demands of today’s CPAs. Three sections of the Exam will cover Core competency skills, and the candidate can select a Discipline for the fourth section.
Not exciting? 4 ways to motivate and engage tax students
Demonstrate the value of tax courses with these tips from experienced faculty.
SEC accepting Professional Accounting Fellow applications
The SEC’s Office of the Chief Accountant is accepting applications for Professional Accounting Fellow positions that will begin in the summer of 2023.
Employers embrace apprenticeship program for finance business partners
AICPA and the U.S. Department of Labor sign the first three companies to a program aimed at addressing talent shortage in accounting and finance.
Prepare your students for ESG careers
Firms are looking for CPAs with environmental, social, and governance knowledge and experience.
How these students aced the CPA Exam
Sells Award Winners share their best exam prep advice.
Business games help students build employment skills
Case study games can add excitement to your classes.
To enhance learning, mix education and service
Students apply skills learned in class in real-world settings while serving their community.
AICPA apprenticeship program receives grant from Maryland Department of Labor
The first-of-its-kind Registered Apprenticeship for Finance Business Partners is set to launch in Maryland.
How faculty can address declining accounting enrollments
Faculty, firms, and associations all play roles in recruiting students.
What everyone can do to strengthen the next generation of CPAs
Firms, faculty, and CPAs all play crucial roles in promoting the profession to young people. Here are ways you can bolster the pipeline.
A syllabus your students won’t ignore
Skip the paper and go digital for a more engaging presentation.
Tackling NFTs in the accounting classroom
An emerging technology has interesting accounting implications.
Advice for avoiding the data waterfall in presentations
An accounting professor and author with a background in corporate America shares considerations and key questions when it comes to parsing and presenting data.
2024 CPA Exam Blueprints: The trends driving proposed changes
Get the rundown on changes proposed by the 2024 CPA Exam Blueprints, and why there’s a need for updates, in this podcast episode with transcript.
Data storytelling: A valuable and exciting skill to introduce to students
Help students prepare for careers using and communicating big data.
Pique students’ interest in the profession with forensic accounting
A promising career option provides exciting real-world context for accounting studies.
Feedback sought for redesigned 2024 CPA Exam Blueprints
The proposed exam’s design is driven by a desire to assure that newly licensed CPAs possess the skills needed to hit the ground running.
CPA Exam’s top scorers earn Elijah Watt Sells Award
The award, established in 1923, recognizes outstanding performance across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination.
