{
  "id": 2016235,
  "title": "Why isn't the accounting profession more diverse? Research points to the real levers of change",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/why-isnt-the-accounting-profession-more-diverse-research-points-to",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T20:40:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-isnt-accounting-diverse-real-levers.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For the past few decades, universities, employers and professional organizations worldwide have invested in mentoring programs, scholarships and student support initiatives to diversify careers such as professional accounting. The assumption has been that if talented students have help to overcome barriers, representation will improve.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}