Twenty Questions on the Challenges of Maintaining the Quality of Accounting Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Certified Public Accountant

In many cases, students were able to receive a grade for the semester and then determine if they preferred to utilize the pass/fail option or retain the grade assigned. Because many universities adopted a pass/fail option for the Spring 2020, Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, it is imperative to consider the implications that this has had on accounting majors. [...]fewer candidates were able to sit for the exam. Business schools must submit information on the pandemic and implications this has had on the college, including the following guidelines that are required for improvement reviews during 2020-2021: * Describe the impact of COVID-19 on the school to date (e.g., enrollment, finances, faculty and staff hiring, instructional delivery, assurance of learning);* Describe actions taken by the school to address current challenges related to COVID-19;* Explain how the school is supporting students and faculty;* Describe whether COVID-19 has impacted the school's ability to align with accreditation standards (AACSB FAQ, 2020, https:/7www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/resouroes/fiequently-asked-questions). In the authors' view, hybrid courses offer the best of both the face-toface and virtual learning environments. Because well-designed hybrid courses can give students the best of both online and in-person learning modalities, students should perform better.

Age groups that sustain resurging COVID-19 epidemics in the United States.

After initial declines, in mid-2020 a resurgence in transmission of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) occurred in the United States and Europe. As efforts to control COVID-19 disease are reintensified, understanding the age demographics driving transmission and how these affect the loosening of interventions is crucial. We analyze aggregated, age-specific mobility trends from more than 10 million individuals in the United States and link these mechanistically to age-specific COVID-19 mortality data. We estimate that as of October 2020, individuals aged 20 to 49 are the only age groups sustaining resurgent SARS-CoV-2 transmission with reproduction numbers well above one and that at least 65 of 100 COVID-19 infections originate from individuals aged 20 to 49 in the United States. Targeting interventions-including transmission-blocking vaccines-to adults aged 20 to 49 is an important consideration in halting resurgent epidemics and preventing COVID-19-attributable deaths.