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The 2023 AICPA Trends in the Supply of Accounting Graduates and the Demand for PublicAccounting Recruits report (short: Trends report) was released last week and spoiler alert, it’s dark. Says the AICPA, bachelor’s degree completions in accounting dropped 7.8% This is all anyone cares about anyway right?
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