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Aligning California and EU Climate Disclosure Mandates

A Guide for CPAs

By  Gary K. Taylor, PhD and Michael Dugan, DBA

August 2026 0

IN BRIEF Recent climate disclosure mandates in Europe and California may have a significant impact on sustainability reporting beyond those jurisdictions. With some changes being…

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A First Look at the Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses

An Illustration of Typical Disclosures

By  Gary K. Taylor, PhD, Lauren Milbach, PhD and Michael Dugan, DBA

May 2026 0

On Nov. 4, 2024, FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40). Public business entities must implement this standard for annual reporting…

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A First Look at the Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses

An Illustration of Typical Disclosures

By  Gary K. Taylor, PhD, Lauren Milbach, PhD and Michael Dugan, DBA

April 2026 0

On Nov. 4, 2024, FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40). Public business entities must implement this standard for annual reporting…

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Digital Marketing for Accounting Firms

By  Lee Reinecke Flynn, PhD, Manisha Mathur, PhD, Lauren Milbach, PhD and Michael Dugan, DBA

May 2025 0

When students decide to major in accounting, marketing is not at the top of their minds. While accounting students are likely required to take a…

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Digital Marketing for Accounting Firms

By  Lee Reinecke Flynn, PhD, Manisha Mathur, PhD, Lauren Milbach, PhD and Michael Dugan, DBA

April 2025 0

When students decide to major in accounting, marketing is not at the top of their minds. While accounting students are likely required to take a…

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Pipeline Impacts of the Proposed CPA Competency-Based Experience Pathway

By  Mark C. Dawkins, PhD, CPA, CMA, CGMA, Michael Dugan, DBA and Leah Muriel, PhD, CPA, CIA

March 2025 0

Currently, in order to be licensed, CPA candidates must earn a bachelor's degree (usually 120 hours), earn 30 hours beyond the bachelor's degree (which may…

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Pipeline Impacts of the Proposed CPA Competency-Based Experience Pathway

By  Mark C. Dawkins, PhD, CPA, CMA, CGMA, Michael Dugan, DBA and Leah Muriel, PhD, CPA, CIA

January 2025 0

Currently, in order to be licensed, CPA candidates must earn a bachelor's degree (usually 120 hours), earn 30 hours beyond the bachelor's degree (which may…

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Accounting Education Disrupted

Transforming to Face a Challenging Future

By  Jerry E. Trapnell, PhD, Steven Mezzio, PhD, CPA, CISA, CISSP, FSAI, Michael Dugan, DBA and Mark C. Dawkins, PhD, CPA, CMA, CGMA

December 2023 0

In Brief Although emerging technologies have disrupted the entire accounting ecosystem in recent years, the education realm has been one of the areas hardest hit.…

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ICYMI | An Update on the Future of Accounting Education

A Pessimistic Outlook Calls for Major Changes

By  Mark C. Dawkins, PhD, CPA, CMA, CGMA and Michael Dugan, DBA

January 2023 0

In Brief The future of accounting education has been a topic of concern for the profession's leaders for years in the light of demographic shifts,…

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An Update on the Future of Accounting Education

A Pessimistic Outlook Calls for Major Changes

By  Mark C. Dawkins, PhD, CPA, CMA, CGMA and Michael Dugan, DBA

November 2022 0

In Brief The future of accounting education has been a topic of concern for the profession's leaders for years in the light of demographic shifts,…

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ICYMI | Reflections on My Career as an Accounting Educator

By  Michael Dugan, DBA

April 2022 0

The purpose of this essay is to provide some reflections about my 40-year career as an accounting educator. My focus will include the inspiration for…

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ICYMI | The Future of Accounting Education

In-Demand Skills, Workplace Readiness, the 150-Hour Requirement, MAcc Programs, and the CPA Exam

By  Mark C. Dawkins, PhD, CPA, CMA, CGMA, Michael Dugan, DBA, Steven Mezzio, PhD, CPA, CISA, CISSP, FSAI and Jerry E. Trapnell, PhD

November 2020 0

In Brief Changing educational requirements to sit for the CPA Exam are throwing the future of accounting education into doubt. In the years since the…

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The Future of Accounting Education

In-Demand Skills, Workplace Readiness, the 150-Hour Requirement, MAcc Programs, and the CPA Exam

By  Mark C. Dawkins, PhD, CPA, CMA, CGMA, Michael Dugan, DBA, Steven Mezzio, PhD, CPA, CISA, CISSP, FSAI and Jerry E. Trapnell, PhD

October 2020 0

In Brief Changing educational requirements to sit for the CPA Exam are throwing the future of accounting education into doubt. In the years since the…

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Using Ratio Analysis to Manage Not-for-Profit Organizations

By  Kaitlin Cashwell, Paul Copley, PhD, CPA and Michael Dugan, DBA

June 2019 0

Thousands of CPAs work in the not-for-profit sector, and thousands more volunteer as members of the governing boards of not-for-profit organizations. There is little in…

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