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.
Accounting Education
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.
5 ways you can help students cut textbook costs
Older editions and free online resources can produce hundreds in savings.
What to know about AACSB Accounting Standard A5
Learn what peer review teams are looking for in terms of the technology standard.
Minority college students attend leadership workshop
More than 100 minority college students participated in the 2018 Accounting Scholars Leadership Workshop.
Getting it right: Crafting the CPA Exam
CPA Exam questions must adhere to Blueprint topics and skill levels while avoiding words and ideas that could distract or confuse the reader. Test developers aim to assess important CPA knowledge and skills — and only that.
Questions that didn’t make the cut
Rejected early drafts demonstrate some important considerations in test development.
Vasarhelyi honored for excellence in teaching and professional prominence
Miklos Vasarhelyi, a professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey, received the 2018 AICPA Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award.
Working group considers changes to CPA licensing requirements
Possible changes to the CPA licensure requirements are being explored by a working group formed by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the AICPA.
4 books that can improve your teaching
Educators recommend books that helped them in the classroom.
Are you getting the most from your advisory board?
Discover the many ways the practitioners on your board can contribute to your students’ success, and read up on best practices for creating and maintaining a strong advisory board.
Professors recognized for accounting literature
Three professors received the AICPA's 2018 Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award.
Student overcomes background to earn Medal of Inspiration
Jeffrey Deyoe, a student at the University of Colorado Boulder, received Beta Alpha Psi's Medal of Inspiration Award.
Working together to grow the CPA pipeline
Accounting students are the future of the profession. So how can professors and practitioners work together to make sure those students complete their education and go on to earn their CPA license with the skill sets they need to be successful?
Getting it right: Crafting the CPA Exam
CPA Exam questions must adhere to Blueprint topics and skill levels while avoiding words and ideas that could distract or confuse the reader.
Valuable resources for the accounting classroom
Liven up your classes with these tools from the 2018 CTLA/AAA Annual Meeting.
