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The Accounting Podcast
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Season 1
Straight Talk on Accounting's Big Issues with Dr. Sharon Lassar
Sharon Lassar, Ph.D., CPA, and Director of the School of Accountancy at the University of Denver, shares concerns and perspectives on CPA licensure, including the resistance to changing the 150-hour requirement, the challenges of online learning and potential cheating, the impact on the value of the CPA designation, and the need for leadership and action from organizations like the AICPA and NASBA to address these issues and improve the profession.
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Sharon Lassar, Ph.D., CPA
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Website: https://daniels.du.edu/directory/sharon-lassar/
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Meet Our Guest:
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Website: https://daniels.du.edu/directory/sharon-lassar/
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Chapters
- Dr. Sharon Lassar joins the show
- If you could make one change to the CPA licensing requirements, what would it be and why?
- What research was the most compelling to you about the need to change the 150-hour rule?
- What would be the impact if we eliminated the 150-hour requirement?
- Are you worried that making these changes would result in a decline in students getting master's degrees in accounting?
- What if we required a MAC to be a CPA?
- How would changing licensing requirements change CPA mobility?
- Is anything happening in Colorado to change license requirements?
- Do you think changing the 150-hour requirement is popular? Why do NASBA and the AICPA seem so against it?
- AICPA's Experience, Learn, & Earn program
- Are you worried about cheating in the ELE program?
- What would you do if tomorrow you were in charge of NASBA and the AICPA
- Wrap up and where to connect with Sharon Lassar