Innovative Program to Ease Attainment of CPA Education Requirement Gets Off to Quick Start
NEW YORK, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A pilot program to help accounting graduates earn the required academic credits for CPA licensure is off to a quick start and has earned positive reviews in limited feedback so far from students and the accounting firms that employ them.
- "No single initiative will solve the profession's talent shortage," said Susan Coffey, CPA, CGMA, AICPA & CIMA's CEO of public accounting.
- "But the ELE program demonstrates the kind of creativity, collaboration and follow-through we need to remove barriers to a successful and rewarding career in accounting.
- Accounting graduates are recruited into the program by accounting firms (businesses and government entities can also sponsor candidates), which agree to employ them.
- ELE combines asynchronous online study with early work experience, so accounting graduates can work toward their CPA license while earning a paycheck.