Accounting education

The focus on reducing educational requirements for a CPA license is misplaced, and our efforts are better placed elsewhere as a profession.

After failing an initial run, the AI chatbot, this time with its Version 4.0 improvements, took another practice test.

Teaching a course at Baruch College was a highlight of my career.

The head of the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business received the award from the American Accounting Association.

The American Institute of CPAs wants to increase the number of accounting graduates who decide to pursue a career in the profession and earn a license.

The New Jersey Society of CPAs awarded $221,500 in scholarships to 53 local high school and college students. 

Danielle Pollock became one of the seven students to be selected for the board's Postgraduate Technical Assistant program.

Artificial intelligence is already changing accounting, which in turn raises the question of how accounting educators should adapt.

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The state society is giving $175,000 to students from across the state. 

The Virginia Society of CPAs is rethinking the 150-hour requirement for earning a CPA license.

The groups introduced an educational program for accountants in the U.S., the U.K. and other parts of the world.

Deloitte completed its eight annual Audit Innovation Campus Challenge, awarding University of Nebraska-Lincoln students first place for their audit project.

A recent study has found that if ChatGPT were a student in an accounting class, it would get a failing grade.

The association is giving candidates up to two and a half years to complete the exam after passing the first section of the test.

A growing shortage of accountants has plagued dozens of cities and counties across the U.S.

Candidates can now sit for the CPA exam with 120 credit hours, but still need 150 to actually get a license.

The Deloitte Foundation has provided a grant to Urban Assembly to expand access to financial accounting education for high school students.

Students in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program offer free tax help for low to moderate-income taxpayers in Vermont.

What does it mean to pursue a Ph.D in the field, in terms of areas of focus, career prospects and sacrifices?