Professional development

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.

Accounting educators were honored for their educational resources based on the new CPA Evolution accounting curriculum developed by the AICPA and NASBA.

Twenty-nine diverse college students marked the tenth annual class to graduate from the three-day internship preparation course.

The Center for Audit Quality began a new initiative to bring more young people into the accounting profession, particularly from Black and Latino backgrounds.

Over a quarter of Wake Forest accounting grads end up at one of the four largest firms.

The New Jersey Society of CPAs awarded $1,200 each to 10 more of its members to help offset tuition costs in the program's second year.

The institute is allowing candidates for its Certified Management Accountant and Certified in Strategy and Competitive Analysis exams to take them remotely.

More than 80 members of the New Jersey Society of CPAs visited local high schools as part of the 2021 CPA Career Awareness program.

The Center for Audit Quality and the American Accounting Association are making changes to their Access to Audit Personnel research partnership program.

The institute released a report describing the essential competencies it sees as necessary for all entry-level accountants.

The Institute of Internal Auditors and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants have signed a three-year renewal of their existing agreement.

Accounting's most influential identify the most impactful moments in their professional lives.

The Top 25 Firm's new program aims to take the traditional five- to six-year path to manager down to four.

Derek Christensen, a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, received the award for accounting standard-setting research.

The Philadelphia firm announced that its leadership will consist of all women and non-founding shareholders for the first time in its 31-year history.

The institute is seeking applicants for a wide range of student scholarships, aimed at supporting future professionals and strengthening the CPA pipeline.