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

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Broken out by demographics, even higher rates of Black and Hispanic students say they considered accounting before choosing a different field of study. Asked about their experiences with introductory accounting courses, only 1 in 3 non-accounting majors who considered accounting said the content was interesting or engaging.

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

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note: the following is penned by Bob Jennings CPA, EA for his Taxspeaker.com newsletter. Smaller firms cannot pay competitive salaries because the graduates must be expensively retrained in small business accounting needs. The PCAOB fined KPMG $450,000 for cheating on internal continuing education courses. June 17, 2019.

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AICPA News – Feb. 2024

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Meanwhile, 60% of firms surveyed reported that they expected to have the same or higher number of CPAs on staff in 2023 compared to 2022. As firm leaders, community advocates, educators, and mentors, members play a vital role in strengthening the pipeline. The customizable program is not an internship or an apprenticeship.

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