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AICPA and CIMA Accepting Applications for Accounting Educator Awards

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The AICPA & CIMA have opened the application period for the EDGE in Teaching Awards and Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award. As the profession grapples with a talent shortage, the AICPA & CIMA are committed to boosting the pipeline of talented, passionate professionals entering accounting.

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AICPA Announces the Winner of the George Krull/Grant Thornton EDGE in Teaching Award

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The EDGE in Teaching Award, established by the AICPA in partnership with Grant Thornton, celebrates educators who show excellence in accounting education, dynamic teaching, groundbreaking techniques, and engagement in the classroom. It blends a multitude of things, such as accounting technical skills and technology skills. “It

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CPAs Provide Six Ways to Replenish the Talent Pipeline

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Because CPA candidates must complete 150 semester credit hours of education—30 credits beyond the typical 120 credit hours earned in a four-year undergraduate degree— many CPAs end up spending five years in college instead of four. We want to be clear that we very much value education.

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College Accounting Programs Are Taxpayer-Funded Training Programs for the Big 4 and Other Such Muckraking

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The need for formal financial statements is rare because lenders realize the high cost of audited financials is not beneficial to either party, so usually a tax return or basic prepared or compiled financial statement is provided. auditing requirements in its component audits of U.S.

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Research: Why Students — Particularly Diverse Ones — Aren’t Pursuing Accounting

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The Center for Audit Quality — the AICPA-affiliated “nonpartisan public policy organization serving as the voice of U.S. Broken out by demographics, even higher rates of Black and Hispanic students say they considered accounting before choosing a different field of study. Keep preaching the good news, kids.

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AICPA News – Feb. 2024

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As firm leaders, community advocates, educators, and mentors, members play a vital role in strengthening the pipeline. Seeking federal designation: The AICPA and 54 state CPA societies nominated six accounting-related degrees for inclusion on the U.S. The customizable program is not an internship or an apprenticeship.

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