Michael Granof, EY Distinguished Centennial Professor at McCombs, was re-appointed by the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) to a second term on the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). Dr. Granof is also currently serving his second term on the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), making him the second person to ever serve on both boards concurrently.
Read more in MPA Weekly and the Department of Accounting faculty news…
Originally published by April Stockwell in McCombs Today and MPA Weekly.
The University of Texas at Austin’s graduate accounting program consistently ranks #1 across the nation for its top notch faculty as well as the high quality accounting education it offers students. Once again the Texas MPA Program has topped the nation with four students, Taylor Atsalis (BBA ‘13, MPA ‘14), Scott Huff (BBA/MPA ‘14), Chongho Kim (MPA ‘14), and Michael Kovacich (MPA ‘13), earning the prestigious 2014 Elijah Watt Sells Award. The American Institute of CPAs bestowed the prestigious award on candidates who obtained a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination, passed all four sections of the Examination on their first attempt, and completed testing in 2014.
To put this in perspective, 91,384 individuals sat for the Examination in 2014 and only 60 candidates met the criteria to receive the award. This year, only three U.S. graduate programs had more than one Elijah Watt Sells winner and the Texas MPA program had as many winners as the other two combined.
All four award winners are now making their mark at their respective workplaces: Taylor is currently employed with EY in Houston, Scott works for Dell in Austin, Chongho is employed with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Boston, and Michael is employed with BDO in Houston.
Originally published by Matt Turner in McCombs Today:
For the second year in a row, McCombs School of Business faculty were rated the fifth most powerful in the world in terms of research prowess.
Ranked among public schools, McCombs is No. 1.
The University of Texas at Austin’s accounting program is No. 1 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report‘s 2016 edition of “Best Graduate Schools.”
If you are seeking scholarship opportunities for the Texas MPA program, be sure to check your eligibility to apply for an AICPA scholarship. The majority of the scholarships have an April 1 application deadline. Scholarships include (but are not limited to):
Many of our students have received these awards in the past. I would strongly encourage you to apply!
The Department of Accounting faculty recently approved a new course waiver policy for the traditional MPA curriculum starting in Fall 2015.
The MPA degree requires the completion of 43 semester hours of coursework, as outlined in the degree requirement summary, unless a student qualifies for core course waivers. Our recently-approved policy will grant up to 4 course waivers (12 hours), rather than two course waivers, based on equivalent coursework completed. As a result, a student who qualifies for 4 waivers will complete a 31-hour program, the minimum requirement for the MPA degree.
Our Estimated Program Costs web page has been updated to reflect the reduced minimum program hours.
AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. News & World Report has ranked The University of Texas at Austin No. 30 in the world in its first-ever Global University Rankings, marking the fourth time this year a prestigious international group has placed UT Austin among the best international universities.
Originally published by Matt Turner in McCombs Today:
The McCombs School of Business once again made the top-10 list for best professors in the Princeton Review’s business school rankings, which are published in its annual guidebook, “The Best 296 Business Schools, 2015 Edition.”
McCombs landed at No. 6 for best professors, based on student responses regarding how well their professors perform as teachers and how accessible they are outside the classroom.
The University of Texas at Austin has been ranked No. 28 in the 2014-15 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and No. 6 among U.S. public universities.
Excerpted from MPA Weekly and McCombs Today
McCombs School of Business faculty shined at this year‘s American Accounting Association’s (AAA) annual meeting, held in Atlanta, Ga. Professors Bill Kinney, Lisa Koonce, John Robinson, and Lillian Mills were all honored for their achievements in accounting education and research.
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