Philadelphia Metro - September 16, 2010
Philadelphia Metro
Number crunchers, take heed: A new licensing law is catching Pennsylvania up to the rest of the country. Starting Jan. 1, 2012, aspiring certified public accountants are required to have 150 hours of higher education — which means the average undergrad working toward an accounting degree will come up short. To make up the difference, Temple's Fox School of Business is adding a Master of Accountancy (MAcc) program. "CPA firms that recruit our students love the exam component of our program — they're excited that our students will have already passed part of it," says Sheri Risler, MAcc director. "When our students get hired, they get very busy, very quickly, and it's much harder to take the exam at that point."