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STEM education is a teaching approach that combines Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
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Creating Opportunity for Future Leaders
AICPA and state CPA societies are working on three different fronts to achieve STEM recognition for accounting:
- Advocating for bipartisan federal legislative support
- Encouraging colleges and universities to apply for the STEM designation
- Securing federal STEM designation from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The Case: 7 Reasons for Making Accounting a STEM Field
Letter to Congress: AICPA and State Societies Support STEM
Support for Universities Applying for the STEM Designation
- AICPA - Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
- Accounting Program STEM schools
- STEM Designation Benefits
- Minority Serving Institution & Historically Black Colleges and Universities Accounting programs (MSI | HBCU)
- Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Codes for DHS Approval
- STEM Designation Process for Accounting Programs
- Sample STEM Applications - Master of Accounting
- Sample Degree Code Change - Master of Accounting