AICPA continues efforts to improve diversity in accounting profession.

The AICPA has a long history of improving the diversity of the nation's CPAs. For more than 35 years, the AICPA has identified, recognized and supported strategies and efforts within the organization and profession so that members of the CPA profession would better reflect the population at large. The Institute's Minority Initiatives Committee oversees a comprehensive program of scholarship support, faculty development and partnerships with outreach organizations. Additionally, the AICPA's Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Program has been one of the Institute's most successful programs. The results are strong since the inception of this program in 1975, with 97% of PhDs funded teaching accounting at universities throughout the U.S.; 91% of those PhDs are also CPAs.

As part of the Institute's commitment to diversity, the AICPA partnered with The PhD Project. The PhD Project's mission is to increase the diversity of corporate America by increasing the diversity of business school faculty. They attract African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Native Americans to...