What makes The Accounting Academy's training different from college or university training?
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The Accounting Academy:
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College/University:
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Time & Class Size
Short and concise: a five-month,
320-hour accelerated program limited to 12 students. Individualized instruction.
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Two to four years of study with 50 or more students in a class. Professors cannot spend time with each student
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Curriculum
A specialized, propriety training program developed by a CPA with over 40 years of accounting and bookkeeping experience.
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Colleges courses teach complex, seldom-used theories and transactions related to large corporation most people will never use.
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Emphasis
Small business accounting and bookkeeping. Over 90% of all businesses in the US have fewer than twenty employees.
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Emphasis is on 'big business.' Only two percent of all businesses in the US have more than 100 employees.
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Focus
Practical, 'real-world' training utilizing true-to-life business documents, 10-key, manual and computerized accounting systems.
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Colleges concentrate on theory instead of practical issues. They don't teach you how to do a payroll, billing, 10-key, etc.
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Instructors
Trainers are seasoned professionals with years of broad-based, real-world accounting experience.
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Professors are academically oriented with limited practical, real-world experience out in the field.
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Materials
Real-world training materials, business documents, hand-posted journals, ledgers, manual practice sets, etc. Plus multiple QuickBooks™ and Peachtree™ computer practice sets.
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Colleges require expensive textbooks, case studies, etc. focused primarily on large companies. Full-charge accounting and bookkeeping is not a priority.
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Results
You quickly gain the knowledge and skills to start your own home-based bookkeeping service and/or get a great entry-level job in accounting.
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After two to four years of college, you'll still enter the field at an entry or trainee level and not have the basic skills to perform well.
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