New CalCPA chair advocates for more accounting educators.

• Position: ADVOCATING FOR EDUCATION

Because of the urgent need for accounting educators, Greg Burke, CPA, newly elected 2008-09 CalCPA chair, has directed that increasing their number will be a principle goal for the nation's largest state accounting association.

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Burke notes that accounting schools cannot fill all the teaching positions available, according to an AICPA study. "There are 20 positions unfilled for every 100 positions open," he points out. "And with the number of accounting students reaching a record, the need for...