Does the future look bright for accounting majors? In its 2017 report of accounting enrollment and hiring trends in the public accounting sector, the AICPA's…
In Brief Accounting educators have used ethical decision-making models to teach ethics to accounting students for many years. The traditional models rely on prescriptive reasoning…
As the new school year begins, it's time for the profession to examine how future CPAs are educated in the United States. It's no secret…
Last October's column was about the need for change in the way accounting is taught in high school and college (“The Accounting Curriculum Needs a…
Regarding CPA Exam Performance and the Accounting Curriculum
Letter to the Editor
I recognize that the article “CPA Exam Performance” (Stephen E. Rau, Brian M. Nagle, and K. Bryan Menk, September 2019, http://bit.ly/2NhwIvq) focused on the difference between…
As the new school year begins, it's time for the profession to examine how future CPAs are educated in the United States. It's no secret…
Disruptive new technologies and the growing pressure at many companies to reimagine the tax function are requiring tax and audit professionals to expand their skills…
ICYMI | 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…
On any given day, the accounting positions on HigherEdJobs.com are usually in the highest tier of full-time faculty positions available for any business or nonbusiness…
In Brief Accounting educators have used ethical decision-making models to teach ethics to accounting students for many years. The traditional models rely on prescriptive reasoning…
Does the future look bright for accounting majors? In its 2017 report of accounting enrollment and hiring trends in the public accounting sector, the AICPA's…
CPA Exam Performance
The Effect of Graduate Education and Accounting Faculty Credentials
*** In Brief The debate over how well the accounting curriculum in the United States serves the needs of both students and practitioners continues unabated.…
Future Professionals, in Their Own Words
A Virtual Roundtable of Accounting Students
In Brief Many CPAs have questions about the upcoming generation of accountants: What do they think about the profession? What do they want from an…
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…
Sid Kess, James Grimaldi, and James Revels offer some important advice to recent graduates (“Financial Planning for Workers in the Gig Economy,” August 2018, http://bit.ly/2NmdHL3). This…
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…
Nontraditional College Students
Strategies for Minimizing Tax Liabilities and Avoiding Pitfalls
Traditional college students generally matriculate directly after high school, live on campus, attend college full time, and rely on their parents to finance their college…
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…