Professional development

The American Institute of CPAs honored five ethnic minority accounting students with scholarships worth up to $20K each for pursuing the CPA license.

The Illinois CPA Society's program connects local accounting students with motivational speakers, recruiters and coaches to help launch accounting and finance careers.

The CPA Success Index estimates students’ progress toward completing all four parts of the exam in 18 months.

Armour & Associates joins Frost & Company; the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs acquires CPA Crossings; CBIZ adds ARC; and TCV buys Oversight.

A student team from the Indian Institute of Technology won the annual competition that tackles real-world business issues with AI and emerging technology-based tools.

As accountants we have access to more information than anybody else at the company, and there is knowledge in that information.

The hiring of accounting graduates by CPA firms has declined nearly 30 percent in recent years, and Illinois CPA Society president and CEO Todd Shapiro hopes to reverse that trend.

As if marketing an accounting firm wasn’t challenging enough, throw in COVID-19 along with political, social and economic upheaval, and you’ve got a challenge for the ages.

The funds will support the AICPA’s William (Bill) Ezzell Scholarship, which helps students earn their Ph.D. in accounting.

Ten high school students across the country will receive $2,000 each to continue their accounting studies into college.