EY’s Latest Push for Diversity Targets College Affordability

Ernst & Young LLP is looking to eliminate funding barriers and timing constraints that may keep accounting students, particularly minorities, from pursuing their CPA credentials, and will help subsidize college courses for its interns, the firm announced Thursday.

EY is joining competitors Deloitte LLP & PwC LLP in addressing the requirement that all CPA candidates take 150 hours of college credits, which the firms call an obstacle to hiring more diverse recruits. Nearly 60 of EY’s summer interns benefited from the new program, which aims to offer a more accessible, ...