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Study: ChatGPT Won’t Be Replacing Accounting Professors In the Near Future

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This study determines how ChatGPT can become a human agent for students on two financial accounting course units, multiple choice question assessments. There were ten questions for the Introductory Financial Accounting and 10 for the Advanced Financial Accounting course units.

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Effective September 1, You Can Sit For the CPA Exam in Texas With 120 Units

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Before anyone gets too excited, note candidates still need 150 units for licensure.

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Is an Accounting Major Too Hard? A Thread

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Is accounting too hard? That is the question posed by Dr. Josh McGowan, CPA on Twitter: Is the accounting major too difficult? At many universities, accounting courses (especially Principles I & II) have some of the lowest GPAs compared to other disciplines.

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AICPA Announces Recipients Teaching Awards

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This year’s honorees are Tracie Miller, PhD, CPA, chair of the accounting program at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio, and Wendy M. Tracie Miller and Wendy Tietz are recognized for their development of an ESG module students complete in their introductory accounting courses.

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Marquette University Launches a ‘No Stupid Questions’ Program For Early Accounting Students

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Marquette University’s #32 ranked undergraduate accounting program* has deployed a mentoring project that seeks to help first year accounting students make sense of the language of business. “We

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How to address growing skills gap for sales tax compliance

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According to published reports , fewer than 100,000 people take the certified public accountant exam each year; about half fail. University enrollment in accounting courses is also dropping. Both the number of candidates and the number of those who passed has also fallen in recent years.

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CPA Firm Managing Partner Weighs in on How to Rebuild the Talent Pipeline

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We have not done a good job of messaging that to future generations and those who might be interested in accounting. “We There are a lot of high schools that offer basic accounting courses to get kids interested. We need to start that messaging at the high school level,” Cardello continued.

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