Eva Blondeel , Taylor Bullock , James Gaskin , Ryan Schuetzler , Rachel Serre , Jacob Steffen , Taylor M. Wells , David A. Wood
{"title":"The effects of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on learning in an accounting data analytics course","authors":"Eva Blondeel , Taylor Bullock , James Gaskin , Ryan Schuetzler , Rachel Serre , Jacob Steffen , Taylor M. Wells , David A. Wood","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100987","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100987","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We study how generative AI (GenAI) relates to learning in an accounting data analytics course. Using survey data from 312 junior-level students (Fall 2023), we examine help-seeking preferences (ChatGPT vs. professors/TAs/peers) and whether ChatGPT expertise is associated with course performance. Students preferred seeking help from group members most, but consulted ChatGPT more than professors or TAs, citing convenience and comfort. ChatGPT was perceived as less useful and satisfying than human support when accuracy was paramount. Regression results show that ChatGPT expertise is positively associated with course GPA, especially for students with lower prior GPAs. Findings imply that modest, structured training can help students—particularly lower-performing students—use GenAI productively. We discuss limitations (context specificity, self-report, LLM-assisted coding) and recommend scaffolding responsible GenAI use across accounting curricula.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 100987"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145361000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bridging AI with cost accounting education: A pedagogical framework using reperformance and critical error review","authors":"Denise Wiseman , Deanna Foster","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100988","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100988","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper presents an innovative pedagogical approach that positions students in the role of practicing cost accountants, integrating artificial intelligence (AI) tools into cost accounting education through an AI formative assignment. Combining reperformance and error analysis techniques, the design develops critical thinking and analytical skills while fostering professional judgement. This dual engagement—AI-driven analysis alongside manual recalculation—promotes a comprehensive understanding of accounting principles and cultivates students’ ability to critically evaluate AI outputs. Within a make-or-buy decision scenario, students engage with AI-generated solutions, independently verify calculations, and assess the reasoning behind recommendations. The assignment was implemented in undergraduate cost accounting courses, where students (n = 39) evaluated AI-generated analyses using various text-generative tools, particularly ChatGPT. Survey results indicate strong student engagement and enhanced learning outcomes, with evaluation metrics scoring above 4.4 on a 5-point Likert scale. The instructional framework addresses the growing technological transformation in accounting education while emphasizing the importance of professional judgment and analytical capabilities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 100988"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145319464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Austal: The downside of stock compensation","authors":"Alyssa Ong , Andrea M. Scheetz","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100980","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100980","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Austal is an Australian company with a subsidiary in the United States that constructs ships for the Navy. In 2023, three employees were indicted by the Department of Justice and charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for fraud. The case describes how costs for Littoral Combat Ships were artificially lowered to boost earnings. The case also includes general background information on incentive compensation so that students can understand how it typically works, as well as the specifics of Austal’s variable compensation for its key management personnel. This allows for a discussion of how, in this case, incentive compensation was the primary driver for Austal USA’s president, director of Financial Analysis, and director of the LCS Program to commit fraud.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 100980"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144279098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dale L. Flesher , John P. Walker , Tonya K. Flesher , Susanne O’Callaghan
{"title":"Corrigendum to ”A salute to CLARA C. LELIEVRE: Alabama’s first woman CPA, pioneer educator, and inspiration for AAA’s gender issues and work life balance section” [J. Account. Educ. 70 (2025) 100949]","authors":"Dale L. Flesher , John P. Walker , Tonya K. Flesher , Susanne O’Callaghan","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100986","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100986","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 100986"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145465140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda S. Marcy , Douglas M. Boyle , Ahmed A. Gomaa , Yibai Li
{"title":"Leveraging AI in auditing: Exploring PCAOB deficiencies with ChatGPT","authors":"Amanda S. Marcy , Douglas M. Boyle , Ahmed A. Gomaa , Yibai Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100985","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100985","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This case introduces you to the use of Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, in auditing, focusing on their application in evaluating Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) inspection reports. You will use chatbot technology to analyze audit deficiencies, identify related PCAOB Auditing Standards, identify affected financial statement accounts or disclosures, and summarize trends across multiple years. Additionally, you will use chatbot technology to generate and critique memos for firm leadership, highlighting strengths, limitations, and areas for improvement in AI-generated outputs. The case emphasizes developing technical knowledge of PCAOB processes and chatbot technology while fostering skills in prompt engineering, evaluation of AI-generated output, and professional writing. By requiring you to document prompts and outputs, the case ensures originality and encourages iterative learning. This case offers an innovative approach to integrating emerging technologies into accounting education, preparing you for the future of auditing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 100985"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145265284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Querying and visualizing financial data: A teaching case applying STEM skills","authors":"Yuxin Shan , Vernon J. Richardson","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100978","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100978","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Advanced technologies have dramatically changed the ways that accounting professionals collect, analyze and interpret data. Embracing the prevalent implementation of advanced technologies, accounting is moving towards a STEM discipline and requesting accounting students be equipped with emerging technologies. In response to the increasing requirements from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and CPA exams on students’ data analytics skills, this case provides you an opportunity to complete the data analytics process by analyzing Dillard’s data using Structured Query Language (SQL) and Tableau. Specifically, this case provides an illustration of real-world data analysis, including the use of SQL to extract required data, the use of word clouds, geographic maps, and box-and-whisker plots to visualize data and outliers, an illustration of grouping data by clustering, and using interactive dashboards and narrative stories to communicate results. We aim to use software tools that you are familiar with to inspire your interest in data analytics, helping you understand the enormous power of SQL and Tableau to query, aggregate, analyze and visualize massive data as you build your own data analytics mindset.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 100978"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144490835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"BeYOUtiful Bath Bombs: A standard costing, pricing, and sustainability reporting case","authors":"Tara M. Lambert , Amy Foshee Holmes","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100979","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100979","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This case incorporates a mock consulting engagement with a real-world business to reinforce the concepts of standard costing and pricing which provides an ideal opportunity to explore sustainability-related issues. You will help the client identify Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) impacts to increase transparency for reporting in a competitive market scenario. In this case, you are introduced to <em>BeYOUtiful Bath Bombs & More</em> and asked to assess profitability for four inventory items, analyze the cost of adding a candle made from beeswax, and make recommendations for strategic planning. Implementation of this case study is designed for managerial or cost accounting courses where students are learning job costing, standard costing, pricing theories, and sustainable business practices. Learning objectives address the following competencies: determine and apply overhead to inventory items; calculate gross profit using retail and wholesale pricing; use Excel to analyze data; identify sustainability initiatives; and provide recommendations using written and oral communication.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 100979"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144314077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing students’ intention to adopt generative artificial intelligence","authors":"Najla Bouebdallah , Wissem Ajili Ben Youssef","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100984","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100984","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the factors that influence the use, adoption, and recommendation of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools among French management science students. Our study extends the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT 3) model by including trust, learning value, and empowerment in learning. This extension fills gaps in our understanding of the psychosocial factors influencing the adoption of GenAI tools in higher education. We used a questionnaire and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to analyze data collected from 257 French management science students across different institutions. The results show that the most significant factors are performance expectancy, habit, hedonic motivation, and trust. These factors explain 49.3% of the intention to use GenAI tools, 58.7% of the intention to adopt them, and 39.6% of the intention to recommend them. However, other factors had no significant effect on behavioral intentions. This study contributes to the literature on technology acceptance by extending the UTAUT 3 model to an educational context. Additionally, it provides practical recommendations for educators, policymakers, and technology providers to promote the integration of GenAI tools in management science education and prepare students for future professional environments centred on GenAI tools.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 100984"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145060073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura Romero dos Santos, Ariel Behr, Gwendole Ramos Duarte
{"title":"Recognizing accounting as a STEM discipline through professional skills in accounting information systems☆","authors":"Laura Romero dos Santos, Ariel Behr, Gwendole Ramos Duarte","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100970","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100970","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the intersection of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) technical skills and accounting, aiming to understand how Professional Skills in Accounting Information Systems (PSAIS) characterize the accounting as STEM field. The literature review includes 44 articles published in prominent accounting education journals, including the <em>Journal of Accounting Education, Accounting Horizons, and Issues in Accounting Education</em>. These articles were qualitatively analyzed to identify the PSAIS mentioned and their alignment with STEM principles. The PSAIS were then validated by academic and professional experts. The analyses revealed that PSAIS include advanced technological skills, such as knowledge of specialised software, data analysis, big data, and artificial intelligence. In addition, a solid understanding of mathematical and statistical concepts is considered crucial for interpreting and analyzing accounting information. The development of PSAIS is therefore key to characterizing accounting as a STEM discipline. These skills, which integrate scientific, technological, engineering, and mathematical dimensions, enable accounting professionals to meet the challenges of the digital age and technological advances. Our work contributions include an overview and research agenda, proposing a comprehensive analytic framework that categorizes accounting skills into STEM areas to guide future research and provide practical implications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 100970"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144204701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marie Archambault, Tom Norton, Jeffrey Archambault
{"title":"Publish or perish: a case of not-for-profit accounting and governance","authors":"Marie Archambault, Tom Norton, Jeffrey Archambault","doi":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100981","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaccedu.2025.100981","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This case helps students apply not-for-profit accounting, ethics, and governance knowledge to a situation based on an actual entity. Students are asked to play the role of an accountant who volunteers to help a not-for-profit prepare financial statements only to discover that they have become involved in an ethical dilemma regarding their actions due to numerous accounting, governance, and tax compliance issues. The case presents facts enabling students to identify these issues and conduct research to determine how the not-for-profit can comply with the tax code and generally accepted accounting principles. Students must also decide what actions to take to resolve the ethical dilemma. The case is suitable for senior-level undergraduate or graduate-level students, providing questions specifically for not-for-profit accounting and professional ethics classes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":35578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Accounting Education","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 100981"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144996808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}