Bring the remote work trend into your accounting classroom
Use this trend as a springboard into discussing the impact of technology on accounting.
Accounting Education
Accounting education research reveals benefits of active learning strategies in the classroom
Try these active learning strategies in your courses.
Use the Quick Access Toolbar to increase your efficiency in Excel
Try this tip and have your most-used functions right at your fingertips.
Help students succeed with online testing
Think about exams from the students’ point of view to anticipate possible issues.
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.
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.
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.
Level up your accounting class with these tech tools
These teaching tools liven up both in-person and virtual classes.
Variety is the spice of online learning
Variety is the spice of not only life but also teaching and learning. Here are some simple ways to add some S-P-I-C-E to a classroom to break the monotony of an online lecture or hybrid class.
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.
Prevent cheating while teaching remotely
Faculty can take these motives into account when attempting to deter cheating in their courses.
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.
5 activities for the in-person or virtual classroom
Try these fun and engaging ways of teaching accounting topics.
Use conditional formatting in Excel to visualize letter grades
Highlight different letter grades with different colors so you can see at a glance how your students performed.
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.
What faculty will change about their remote teaching this fall
Amid the challenges of suddenly pivoting to online teaching midway through the semester, many accounting professors learned new techniques and principles that will inform their teaching this fall.
CPA licensure model transformation will proceed after NASBA board vote
The transformation of the CPA licensure model will continue after the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy’s board of directors voted unanimously on efforts to design and implement a new approach to CPA licensure.
'Engagement triggers' help students learn and remember
Try these easy ways to create relatable lessons in accounting.
Use Excel’s sparklines to quickly show trends in data
Simple to create, sparklines are tiny graphs that help you make sense of data at a glance.
Best practices for teaching case studies
Keep these principles in mind when assigning and teaching case studies to increase your chances of success.
