Accounting students

Over 60 members of the New Jersey Society of CPAs visited 65 high schools in the Garden State last fall to tell students about accounting careers and how to become a CPA.

Wilkin & Guttenplan appoints next managing shareholder; Hartman Wanzor rebrands; and more news from across the profession.

The Illinois CPA Society and its affiliated CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois recognized the 12th and largest group of young people to date to complete its Mary T. Washington Wylie Internship Preparation Program.

A survey of Hoosier accounting and business students found some encouraging news.

Plus, FAF appoints members to Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council; PCAOB names next CIO; and more news from across the profession.

Accounting's influencers offer their advice for solving the profession's most critical issue.

As part of this year's Top 100 Most Influential People survey, Accounting Today asked, "How would you fix the pipeline problem of too few people entering the profession?"

Many students lack the financial resources to pay the tuition and fees needed to become CPAs, according to a new report.

The International Federation of Accountants' planned revisions will include some new and revised learning outcomes to meet the demands for sustainability reporting and assurance.

CliftonLarsonAllen welcomed a group of Future Business Leaders of America to its New York offices to tell them about accounting, consulting and other careers.

Starting salaries are still lagging compared to other fields, and firms have to make other changes in how the job is structured.

Despite widespread reports of declines in accounting students nationwide, Purdue is defying the trend and seeing enrollment growing dramatically.

The AICPA's CEO of public accounting explains why the profession's future is much brighter than some would have you believe.

The number of students earning accounting degrees keeps falling, according to the latest figures released by the American Institute of CPAs.

State and local organizations hope to learn what's behind the decline in young people pursuing the CPA.

The team kicked off an unusual multiyear partnership Tuesday with the Accounting+ initiative to draft a new generation of diverse students to join the profession.

The move comes as firms try to widen the pipeline of young people entering the accounting profession, especially from diverse backgrounds.

The American Institute of CPAs expressed strong support for bipartisan legislation that would establish the accounting profession as a STEM career pathway.

The program gives student members access to real-world career stories, expert advice, and information from accounting professionals on a range of subjects.

The accounting icon has found yet another way to give back in addition to his teaching, mentoring, writing and many other contributions to the profession.