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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. If the professor’s only experience is in a national firm auditing department, limit them to teaching those courses and general accounting courses. June 17, 2019. These are the companies leading our education programs.

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Teaching Two Courses This Semester

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The managerial accounting course is one of the very few college courses that students can immediately put their learning into effect on the first day of their first job. I divided the course into four sections. For each course, the students must choose a public company 10-K, which I use as practical examples.

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AICPA News – Feb. 2024

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With over 200 firms expressing interest and an initial partnership through Tulane University’s School of Professional Advancement, the pilot is open to students who are employed with a participating employer and have completed a bachelor’s degree and core accounting courses.

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Professionals on the Move – Dec. 2023

CPA Practice

Bennett is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a member of the American Bar Association Institute of Internal Auditors, Institute for Internal Controls and the Association for Corporate Growth. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Principia College and completed accounting courses at the University of Missouri (St.

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