Minority students earn CPA scholarship
WESTFIELD, Ind. (WISH) — People of color remain significantly underrepresented in the accounting field despite a growing demand, but the Indiana CPA Society has acted to change that with a free, yearlong CPA training program for high school students to advance diversity in the profession.
Two Westfield High School students are taking a big step toward their future careers with the INCPAS Scholars program. Junior Michael Miller and senior Stephany Boateng are among 22 chosen for the program designed to train racial or ethnic minorities to become certified public accountants.
Miller said, “I’m mostly excited about seeing the accounting firms and how they operate, just seeing their operations on the inside and everything in that. I’m also excited about the college visits.”…