Carol Yacht is an accounting educator and textbook author. Carol authors Sage 50 (formerly Peachtree), and Intuit's QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop textbooks (www.mhhe.com/yacht2017).

Carol taught on the faculties of California State University-Los Angeles, West Los Angeles College, Yavapai College, and Beverly Hills High School. She started using accounting software in her classes in 1980. Carol's teaching career includes first and second year accounting courses, accounting information systems, and computer accounting.

Since 1989, Carol's textbooks have been published by McGraw-Hill. She contributes regularly to professional journals and is the Editor of the American Accounting Association's Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum section's The Accounting Educator.

Carol Yacht was an officer of AAA's Two-Year College section and recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a board member of the Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance, worked for IBM Corporation as an education specialist, served on the AAA Commons Editorial Board, and works for Sage and Intuit as a consultant. She is a frequent speaker at state, regional, and national conventions.

Carol earned her MA degree from California State University-Los Angeles, BS degree from the University of New Mexico, and AS degree from Temple University.