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.
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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):
- The John L. Carey Scholarship: provides financial assistance to liberal arts and other non-business related degree holders who are pursuing graduate studies in accounting and the CPA designation. Amount: $5,000/year
- The AICPA Minority Scholarship: provides awards to outstanding undergraduate and graduate minority students who plan to pursue the CPA licensure. Amount: $5,000/year
- The AICPA/Accountemps Student Scholarship: provides financial assistance to undergraduate & graduate-level students who are seeking the CPA license. Amount: $10,000/year
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.
- Students with an undergraduate degree in accounting typically qualify for the maximum course waivers and complete a 31-hour program. A 31-hour program can be completed in the fall and spring or in the fall, spring, and summer. Students who participate in employment recruiting in the fall are encouraged to balance their schedule by completing fewer courses in the fall and extending graduation to early summer.
- Students with an undergraduate degree in non-accounting business typically qualify for one to four waivers based on previous coursework and complete between a 31- to 40-hour program. Students must begin in the summer if they do not qualify for the ACC 381-financial accounting waiver and can graduate by spring or summer, depending on the required credit hours.
- Students with an undergraduate degree in an area outside of accounting or business typically complete a maximum 43-hour program. A 43-hour program can be completed in the summer, fall, spring, and following summer. However, students who opt to complete an internship often graduate in the fall. Internships are not required but can be counted as 3 hours of credit toward 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.
- The Ohio State University honored Kinney’s contributions to the field of accounting, inducting him into the Accounting Hall of Fame.
- Robinson, the C. Aubrey Smith Professor of Accounting, was announced as president-elect of the American Taxation Assocation (ATA), the esteemed and long-standing tax section of the AAA.
- AAA also honored Mills, Accounting department chair and Wilton E. and Catherine A. Thomas Professor of Accounting, with the Ray M. Sommerfeld Outstanding Tax Educator Award.
- Koonce, the Deloitte and Touche endowed chair in accounting, received the 2014 AAA Innovation in Accounting Education Award for her work with a task force to develop a visual representation of accounting.
Originally published by Zach Lozano in McCombs Today:
Accounting lecturer, Terri Holbrook, and her husband, Ed, are providing funds for a new scholarship awarded to third, fourth, and fifth-year Masters of Professional Accounting students.
In its inaugural year, the eponymously named Terri Holbrook Scholarship in Accounting has been awarded to 15 MPA students. Scholarship recipients will receive one check per semester. Each award ranges in size from $5,000 to $10,000. With the establishment of this scholarship, Holbrook says she hopes to alleviate the cost for students attending McCombs.
Originally posted by Jeremy Simon in McCombs Today
With his recent reappointment to the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Michael Granof will continue to help ensure that the financial health of the federal government is communicated clearly and truthfully to U.S. citizens.
On July 11, FASAB Chairman Tom Allen announced that McCombs School of Business Accounting Professor Granof had been reappointed to the board for a second five-year term running from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2019. Granof, who is the Ernst & Young Distinguished Centennial Professor of Accounting as well as a University Distinguished Teaching Professor, also serves as a member of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).
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