Accounting education

The American Institute of CPAs recognized 89 students across the country with the highest scores on the 2020 Uniform CPA Exam.

The society honored professionals across a wide range of categories, including Women to Watch, Lifetime Achievement, Advancing Diversity and more.

The American Institute of CPAs and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy will showcase the new accounting education framework — which introduces more future-forward concepts to CPA candidates — during a free, online launch event.

The American Institute of CPAs recognized four current professionals interested in becoming accounting professors by providing $20K stipends to support their Ph.D educations.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants saw more than 92,000 students sit for the exam worldwide, despite the limitations of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The state society is accepting applications for a program aimed at local, underrepresented minority high school students pursuing accounting and business careers.

The New Jersey Society of CPAs awarded 36 college students and 13 high school students one-year scholarships based on academic performance and their intention to pursue accounting careers.

The annual award recognizes the top Uniform CPA Exam test-takers in the state, including the top three scores overall.

The service released a FAQ to explain how students and universities should report emergency financial aid grants related to the pandemic.

Having taken both, Christine Kuglin breaks down the differences between the hurdles to the two professions.

The "Accounting Program Curriculum Gap Analysis Report," from the American Institute of CPAs and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, found that college programs must focus more extensively on areas such as predictive analytics and cybersecurity ahead of the 2024 CPA Exam.

How many of us U.S.-born CPAs could move to another country and communicate well enough to advance in a CPA-related job where that country’s main language is not English?

The state society recognized Dr. Marina Ruseva and Michelle Avila for their contributions to accounting education over the last year.

The American Institute of CPAs opened registration for its 2021 Accounting Scholars Leadership Workshop, to be held Oct. 13-15, 2021, in New Orleans.

Marjorie Adams of Fourlane discusses nontraditional careers in accounting, and why she's setting up a scholarship fund to encourage students to explore them.

The Columbus, Ohio-based university will develop online training courses for CPAs throughout the state.

Whenever anyone asks Danica Dilligard how long she has been with Ernst & Young, she is always tempted to answer, “Since I was 14.”

The Big Four firm created the program to give more people of color the opportunity to become CPAs.

The Top 20 Firm will hold an annual summer program designed to recruit, develop and retain minority accounting students with a Diversity Leadership Summit and internship opportunities.

Fifty-one students across the state were awarded academic accounting scholarships this year, worth approximately $136,000.