Written by: Susan S. Coffey and Colleen K. Conrad
Published by: American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) on 3/15/2021
MBA News Digest Comment: None.
Extracted Content: The findings in this report show us that there are major gaps in accounting education today in several crucial areas for accounting students. For example, we learned that while around 64% of accounting programs are teaching data analytics, fewer than half of accounting programs teach emerging topics such as IT governance and cybersecurity. Where these topics are being covered, they are often being covered in only a couple of class sessions. As we expect that the new CPA Exam will cover many of these emerging topics, we are using the results from this report to inform our continued creation of faculty resources.
Faculty can find existing resources on AICPA’s Academic Resource Hub, a free database of content from the AICPA, accounting firms, academics and AICPA teaching-award winners that will help faculty prepare students for the rapidly evolving demands of the profession. The hub contains over 200 resources for a range of class levels on topics such as data analytics and cybersecurity to use in classroom instruction, research or guidance. New resources will continue to be added.