Civic Parent — Accounting Pipeline & CTE

Helping government, education, and accounting industry stakeholders support tomorrow's CPAs by engaging the Career and Technical Education (CTE) framework.

New Jersey supports a federally-funded Career and Technical Education (CTE) framework with three business-focused "majors" (aka career pathways). The accounting profession can engage it strategically to support the pipeline challenge. This section examines the data, the framework, and what more intentional engagement could look like.

Research and commentary by Brigid D'Souza, CPA · Harborstead Advisory

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CPA Profession & Firms

Research on the CTE landscape, Perkins V, and what the profession can do.

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Policymakers & Government

Data on NJ CTE Finance enrollment, equity gaps, and multi-stakeholder frameworks.

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Education Professionals

Resources for high school and college educators engaging the Finance CTE pathway.

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Aspiring CPAs

Guides to accounting as a career, the CPA exam, and NJ school pathways.

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Get In Touch

Interested in the research, a workshop, or connecting your organization to the pipeline conversation?

Reach out directly — for speaking inquiries, CTE research questions, or to explore how your school, firm, or society can engage.

Email Brigid@TheHarborstead.com

Writing & Research

About

Brigid D'Souza is a CPA and the founder of Harborstead Advisory. Her research into New Jersey's Career and Technical Education landscape began as a practical question to better understand how to support the accounting pipeline challenge using public education data she had used for years for Civic Parent. What started as an exploration to support workforce development for her students has grown into a sustained examination of how the accounting profession, public schools, and state policy do, and do not, connect. She has taught accounting and tax at the college and graduate level and has spent more than a decade writing about public finance through Civic Parent.

Vice President, Hudson County Chapter, NJCPA
Strategic Planning Committee, NJCPA
Scholarships Committee, NJCPA
Founder, Civic Parent — 10+ years
Founder, Harborstead Advisory

Recognized as a 2026 Forbes Best-in-State CPA, New Jersey — with Civic Parent and pipeline work cited.

Contact

For research inquiries, profession partnerships, or policy conversations — reach out directly.

Brigid@TheHarborstead.com

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