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  • What Agentic AI Means for the Future of Accounting

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Jun 3, 2025
    Agentic AI is emerging as the next phase in automation, and it’s positioned to change how accountants work. Unlike generative AI, which responds to prompts, agents AI can take initiative.

  • Accounting Enrollment Is Climbing: Here’s Why That Matters

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Jun 2, 2025

    Accounting enrollment is finally picking up. Over 266,000 students are now studying accounting at the undergraduate level, a 12% jump from last year. It’s the third semester in a row that numbers have gone up and the second with double-digit growth. 

  • The Decline of Entry-Level Roles Is a Risk for Accounting Firms

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    May 29, 2025
    The entry-level job is quietly disappearing and the accounting profession is feeling it too. While some areas like audit and tax held steady, other areas, like consulting, took a hit. 

  • Why Wellness Programs Aren’t Working

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    May 28, 2025
    Corporate wellness spending is booming. Companies are investing in meditation apps, nap pods and resilience trainings, all aimed at reducing stress and improving employee well-being. But 77 percent of U.S. workers still report experiencing workplace stress and 82 percent say they’re at risk of burnout.

  • More States Pass Legislation to Add Pathways to CPA Licensure

    By:
    Karen Sibayan
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    May 27, 2025
    Illinois and Minnesota have adopted legislation to advance additional pathways to CPA licensure. New Jersey's assembly has also approved a similar bill that has now been sent to the Senate. Currently, there are at least 27 states that have either adopted or have pending legislation creating additional pathways to licensure. 

  • Despite Misleading Subplots, The Accountant 2 is a Satisfying and Enjoyable Ride

    By:
    David Zweighaft
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    May 23, 2025
    After waiting a mere nine years, Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) returns with his signature bland affect, mental super-powers, devastating martial arts ability, and lots of weaponry. There are also enough subtle puns and inside jokes to make you feel like the film’s director Gavin O’Connor may be toying with the audience.

  • How Colleges are Rethinking Career Prep for a New Generation

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    May 21, 2025
    Career services are changing. Where they once focused on job fairs and resume reviews, many colleges are now teaching students how to write professional emails, handle workplace conversations, and manage expectations about time, effort, and accountability. 

  • Women Rewrite the Leadership Template

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    May 19, 2025
    For women in leadership, especially those who don’t match the default image of a leader, perception management isn’t always optional. This often means confronting a specific bind: be competent and risk being seen as cold, or be likable and risk being underestimated.

  • NJCPA Proposes Another Path to Licensure with a Modification to the State's Statute

    By:
    Karen Sibayan
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    May 16, 2025
    As a recognition of the need to boost access to accounting, the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants has proposed an added pathway to CPA licensure in the state.

  • Survey Finds That Accountants Aspire to Be Entrepreneurs

    By:
    Karen Sibayan
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    May 15, 2025
    The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has released its third annual Global Talent Trends 2025 where it found that more than  half of respondents—52 percent—indicating that they have career ambitions to be entrepreneurs, making it clear that many view the profession as a "natural springboard" to eventually run their own businesses.
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