Accounting education

Ernst & Young has donated its historical archives dating back to the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve University.

The Institute of Management Accountants has launched a new initiative to endorse undergraduate accounting programs that provide the skills needed for corporate accountants.

The American Institute of CPAs intends to stop testing for older auditing standards on its Uniform CPA Examination next year.

Congress gave final approval to legislation that would peg the interest rates on government-sponsored student loans to a market-based rate, ensuring that almost 9 million undergraduates will pay 3.86 percent interest on their next loan.

About 11 million U.S. students who need to borrow to cover their college costs would pay 3.86 percent on their next loans under legislation now headed for final passage by Congress.

Coaching and consulting firm PartnersCoach has introduced a Partner-Pipeline program that provides a developmental approach to building future leaders within accounting firms.

To address the market demand for training in Extensible Business Reporting Language, or XBRL, the American Institute of CPAs and XBRL US, the nonprofit consortium for XBRL business reporting standards in the U.S., have introduced an XBRL US GAAP Certificate Program.

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The International Accounting Education Standards Board has published for comment an exposure draft of its proposed 2014-2016 IAESB Strategy and Work Plan.

The American Institute of CPAs is increasing its webcast options to allow CPAs to attend AICPA conferences virtually.

Hiring for accounting graduates is at a record level, according to a new study by the American Institute of CPAs, which also found the number of accounting graduates and enrollments in accounting education programs continuing their upward trend and reaching historic levels.

The American Institute of CPAs and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy will be opening up their Uniform CPA Examination testing in Brazil to all qualified citizens and permanent residents of South America, starting July 1.

The Internal Revenue Service filmed a “Mad Men”-themed continuing professional education video last year featuring an actor patterned after the Don Draper character in the popular AMC cable TV series.

The American Institute of CPAs voted to allow changes in the definition of “attest” during its Spring Meeting of Council on Sunday in an effort to fend off competition from non-CPA firms and unlicensed CPAs who offer attest services using AICPA standards.

Members of Congress have introduced several bills this week to keep student loan interest rates from doubling in July.

Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeffrey Thomson discusses why accounting students should consider management accounting as a career, and the IMA's partnership with John Wiley & Sons on a learning system for Certified Management Accountants, in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeffrey Thomson discusses the IMA's efforts to improve management accounting education and its partnerships with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the American Accounting Association, in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

Helen Brand, chief executive of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, discusses the ACCA's 14-part exam and how it compares with the AICPA's four-part Uniform CPA Exam.

The Internal Revenue Service has reduced the amount of time it is estimating it will take to process hundreds of thousands of delayed tax returns claiming refunds from education tax credits.

Deloitte chief inclusion officer Deb DeHaas discusses the opening of Deloitte University's Leadership Center for Inclusion with Accounting Today senior editor Danielle Lee, as the firm encourages greater diversity.