EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

* The National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) and the Howard University School of Business Center for Accounting Education (CAE) in June 2007 convened the CPA Examination Summit, a gathering designed to identify ways to fill the pipeline of future CPAs with African-American accountants who are ready and willing to sit for the CPA exam.

* NABA and the CAE will convene a second summit in June at NABA's annual convention in Atlanta, where the discussion will focus on identifying next steps and soliciting commitments from participants willing to take the lead in working toward the stated goals.

* The CAE is sponsoring an academic study on ...