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Compares professional education requirements and CPA exam preparation across six licensed professions, highlighting implications for accounting education.
This study examines the professional education and licensure preparation of six major licensed professions: public accountants, architects, attorneys, dentists, nurses, and physicians. In addition, it surveys the AACSB-accredited colleges of business to determine the number of accounting programs offering CPA examination review/preparation courses. The study concludes that the present professional education requirements for certified public accountants are among the lowest of the major licensed professions. Although professional education requirements for CPAs are low, approximately 56 percent of the responding accounting departments of AACSB-accredited institutions offer a CPA review/preparation course of which almost one-half are available for academic credit. No other profession has the large number of university-sponsored licensure examination review courses that are available for CPA exam candidates. Faculty attitudes about CPA exam review/preparation courses are also examined and discussed.
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