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Will AI Make Students Better Learners — or Just Faster Workers? | SLC

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Educators explore ethics, creativity, critical thinking and the future of learning in an AI-powered world.

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With Harshita Multani
Center for Accounting Transformation

Artificial intelligence is no longer a future issue in education. It is already shaping how students study, how teachers prepare lessons, how universities think about access and admissions, and how employers evaluate readiness for the workforce.

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In this episode, host Harshita Multani, a Center for Accounting Transformation intern and Indiana high school business student, leads a thoughtful discussion on AI in education with Markus Ahrens, Ph.D., CPA, CGMA, FMAA, of the American Accounting Association, and David Wood of Brigham Young University.

What makes this conversation stand out is not just the topic. It is the perspective.

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Carrie Steffen: The Staffing Problem Nobody Talks About | MOVE Like This

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The profession talks too much about deadlines and not enough about impact. Students are listening.

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The CPA profession has only itself to blame for a talent shortage.

Firms have spent years talking about the grind of deadlines and busy season, instead of selling the career’s impact, stability, and range of opportunities, according to Carrie Steffen, CEO of the Iowa Society of CPAs.

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In the new episode of MOVE Like This, Steffen tells Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk the profession must rethink its narrative, strengthen cultures of belonging, and bring younger professionals into leadership conversations if it hopes to rebuild the CPA pipeline.

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Employee Experience Not What It Seems

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The years didn’t add up.

By Ed Mendlowitz
Call Me Before You Do Anything: The Art of Accounting

We hired Sam out of school and he worked for us for two and a half years and then we split up our firm. This was ages ago and Sy and I left our third partner to form our new firm on Jan. 1.

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However, there is a valuable lesson here and I think it is worth sharing. It changed the way we hired staff.
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