Accounting education

Nine organizations wrote to the Department of Education expressing opposition to rules excluding accounting from recognition as a professional degree program.

A study found that students underestimate the audit profession's attractive aspects and overestimate its less appealing aspects.

The American Accounting Association is calling on the Department of Education to reverse course after proposing to remove accounting from its definition of "professional degree" programs.

The American Institute CPAs, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and state CPA societies voiced their objections to a government proposal.

The competition involved 20 teams from colleges and universities all over the country, competing to develop an AI adoption plan.

The deadline for public comment on proposed changes to continuing professional education standards is fast approaching.

Boomer Consulting and Miles Masterclass are teaming up to provide on-demand training on artificial intelligence to Boomer firms at a discounted rate.

The Association for Accounting Marketing announced new board members.

The American Institute of CPAs and state societies want to introduce high school students to the accounting profession, as FASB and GASB target university graduates.

The number of students who graduated with a bachelor's or master's in accounting dropped again, but not by as much as in recent years, according to the AICPA.

The accounting profession is facing a well-known challenge: Too few young professionals are entering and staying in the field.

The American Institute of CPAs is continuing efforts to have accounting recognized as a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math program by the government.

While combing through the 2024 data, we found large numbers of candidate scores to be missing, and potentially classified to incorrect colleges or universities, or not reported at all.

Teaching accounting to undergrads may be more rewarding — and easier — than you think.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that adds alternative pathways to CPA licensure, which will go into effect Jan 1. 2026.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy relaunched CPAmobility.org to help CPAs determine where and how they can practice across state lines.

The AICPA and NASBA are closing the Experience, Learn and Earn program at the end of this year due to insufficient scale.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the American Institute of CPAs today released an exposure draft proposing changes to Continuing Professional Education standards.

The program, designed for young accountants, begins September 24 and includes six virtual sessions worth 12 CPE credits.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy launched a CPA Mobile App, bringing key functions of the NASBA CPA Portal to mobile devices.