College of Business

By Gil Pound According to the National Girls Collaborative Project, women are half of the United States workforce, but hold less than a quarter of the engineering, computer science and physics degrees earned. To show young women that they too belong in STEM-related fields and classrooms, Georgia College & State University hosted its third annual Women in Technology Day Feb. 20. Students from five area high schools were welcomed onto campus for a full-day tech conference led by GCSU...

By Gil Pound It’s tax time across the United States. Many Americans are putting on their amateur accountant hats as they file their state and federal returns. With the growing popularity of artificial intelligence, self-filing taxpayers may be tempted to turn to AI technology to prepare their returns. Georgia College & State University lecturer of accounting Scott Burns says it’s not yet time to hand tax filing over to AI. “AI looks so efficient, but at this stage it can really only...

By Nancy Mize and Cat McCrary From startups to showdowns, Georgia College & State University is helping shape the next generation of entrepreneurs through its involvement in the Youth Entrepreneur Program, or YEP, a community initiative that gives local high school students real-world business experience, mentorship and professional guidance. The young entrepreneurs develop business plans from idea to implementation. Judges select finalists, who then present “Shark Tank”-style and...