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A new AICPA survey found that an increasing majority (68 percent) of Americans with loans or whose children have loans expressed some regret about the way they paid for that education - representing an eight percentage point increase from the 2013 survey when 60 percent had regrets.

During the Accounting Diversity Pipeline Project's recent "Roundtable on Building a Sustainable Diverse Pipeline of Accounting Professionals for the 21st Century" last week in Williamsburg, Va., PCAOB board member Jeanette Franzel reiterated that building a diverse talent pool is "critically important" to the profession's future.

Senior financial professionals polled by the Institute of Management Accountants reported little impact on their hiring plans as a result of the Affordable Care Act.

Accounting and consulting firm BDO USA, along with EY and Protiviti, have been named amongst 2015's "25 Best Places to Work for Recent Grads" by Symplicity, provider of career services management solutions. Symplicity describes the 2015 list of honorees as organizations that offer fun and supportive company cultures, good paychecks, and extraordinary opportunities for career growth. Accenture, General Motors, Nationwide, Nestle, and SAS were among the other winners.

The AICPA identified eight issues it believes are essential for Congress to consider in order to achieve small business tax reform in written testimony submitted last week to the House Small Business Committee for the record of the hearing the committee held on April 15, 2015 entitled, “Tax Reform: Ensuring that Main Street Isn’t Left Behind.”

Junior Achievement of Southwest New England and BlumShapiro announced today that they will co-host the second annual JA Career Walk in West Hartford Center for West Hartford’s Hall High and Conard High school students. The program looks to prepare students for the real world and gain a better understanding of jobs in their community.

The American Institute of CPAs has issued a set of questions and answers on the services a practitioner can provide in connection with the American Land Title Association’s Best Practices Framework for real estate settlement.

A Vietnamese refugee, an executive recruiter, and the only Latina California lottery commissioner were among five recipients of the Women to Watch Awards from the California Society of CPAs last Friday.

With the role of personal financial advisors projected to grow 27 percent between 2010 and 2020, Grantham University’s Mark Skousen School of Business has added a financial planning - Bachelor of Business Administration program to its offering of more than 40 online degrees and certificates.

Rosenberg Associates has begun its annual survey of CPA firms.