Professional development

When it came to the CPA exam, I made the decision to tackle it while I was in school.

Alumni John and Carol Almeter’s donation will support two funds to help offset accounting students' tuition and invest in future educational technology and resources.

From Women’s History Month to International Women’s Day, March offers a time to celebrate and honor powerful women, including women in the accounting profession.

The one-time, national scholarship initiative, supported by the Black CPA Centennial Fund, will provide financial support for CPA exam-related expenses for Black and African American accounting students.

A test for accounting students and their parents who are already CPAs can help decide whether to go into public or private accounting.

The annual program provides up to $10,000 and a paid internship to 10 diverse accounting students pursuing CPA licensure.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the American Institute of CPAs updated candidates on what to expect when preparing for CPA licensure past Dec. 31, 2023.

The board censured PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Canadian firm and imposed a $750,000 penalty, saying over 1,200 employees shared answers to tests during mandatory training courses.

The Virginia Society of CPAs announced an expansion of its ethics courses for CPAs, accounting and finance professionals.

Becker Professional Education's five-course, eight-credit CPE course will teach business managers to implement more diversity, equity, belonging and inclusion practices into their organizations.

Now that 2022 is in full swing, are you looking for ways to boost your accounting firm’s overall success and progression?

The Deloitte Foundation Accounting Scholars Program will fund $30 million in scholarships for students pursuing a fifth-year master's degree program in accounting from select Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accredited colleges and universities, including the W. P. Carey School of Business at ASU.

Learning needs to be continuous, yet a lot of accountants aren’t growing.

Kelly Richmond Pope, a documentary filmmaker and accounting professor at DePaul University in Chicago, wants to transform the way accounting is taught.

The CUNY college, located in the Bronx, will debut its new school July 1, offering the first business school at any public college in the Bronx and Westchester County.

The New Jersey Society of CPAs' yearly awards honor local professionals who "demonstrate exceptional work in or support of New Jersey's accounting profession."

Surgent Accounting & Financial Education launched Max the Tax, the first entry in a series of online, gamified courses offering continuing education credit to users.

Surgent Accounting & Financial Education renamed (and increased the amount of) its university scholarship award, honoring former vice president Paul Wiese, who passed away in 2021.

Accounting firms worldwide are thinking about redesigning their organizational culture and building a future-fit culture.

Surgent Accounting & Financial Education's new Study Companion app is designed to teach CPA exam candidates in small “microbursts” of time on their smartphones.