Many years ago, I graduated with a shiny new degree in accounting and landed a coveted job at a then–Big Eight accounting firm. I was…
Students today know much more about technology than their counterparts a generation ago. The advances in technology over the past two decades have forced them…
For most students, the price of higher education is steep and getting steeper. Annual increases in the cost of higher education have consistently outpaced the…
In Brief How much practical experience an accounting professor needs to be an effective educator has been a longstanding question within the accounting academy. Research…
ICYMI | How Online Learning Compares to the Traditional Classroom
Measuring Accounting Course Outcomes
In Brief As the popularity of online instruction spreads, many have questioned whether the method produces similar outcomes to the traditional classroom. The authors surveyed…
The Value of Certification and Professional Experience
Perceptions of Accounting Faculty and Business School Deans
In Brief Undergraduate accounting programs have a mandate to prepare students to successfully sit for the CPA exam, yet relatively few faculty members within those…
In Brief As the demands placed on professionals in all fields continue to change rapidly, particular attention has been paid to accounting education programs. There…
Student Perceptions of What It Means to Be a Professional
A Survey of Domestic and International Accounting Majors
In Brief CPAs are often called “the trusted professionals,” but what this means is often open to interpretation. Do international and domestic accounting students share…
One common challenge facing educators is determining how best to involve and actively engage students so they will do the work necessary to be successful…
The Impact of Disruptive Technologies on Accounting and Auditing Education
How Should the Profession Adapt?
In Brief The rapid pace of technological change continues to disrupt traditional procedures in all spheres, including the accounting profession. The authors examine the potential…
Young people are not taught enough about financial literacy. Schools do not teach kids the basics about the value of money, how to save, how…
"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." — George Bernard Shaw Is the CPA profession declining in…
Urgent Need for Governmental Accounting Education
New Generation Needed to Fill Retirements at Federal, State, and Local Agencies
The need for governmental accounting education has never been greater in the United States, as governments at the federal, state, and local levels face a…
ICYMI | A Profile of Key Tax Personnel in Corporate America
Confronting Gender Issues on the Tax Track
The absence of female leaders in public accounting is well documented, and work/life balance issues are often cited as a significant consideration in turnover decisions…
Technological advances have accelerated the growth in online education, where current online homework platforms, the level of faculty acceptance and use, and university promotion of…
Accounting's open secret has several names—the skills gap, the education bubble, the talent shortage. Regardless, the challenge has remained the same for half a century.…
From Practitioner to Professor
What I Learned in my First Years of Being a Professor
Universities are facing a significant shortage of qualified accounting faculty, and many existing faculty are close to retirement age. Working as a professor is not…
In Brief As the demands placed on professionals in all fields continue to change rapidly, particular attention has been paid to accounting education programs. There…
The word “sustainability” can have a lot of definitions. We can think about sustainability from an environmental perspective, but we can also think about sustainability…
Five Tips for School District Audits
Making the Grade
Auditing governmental entities is an important industry niche for many accounting professionals, and school districts are the largest category of state and local entities in…