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Accounting

Higher education institutions must comply with a wide array of rules and regulations related to accounting. Organizations like the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board set forth guidance related to federal laws and generally accepted accounting principles that are critical for colleges and universities to understand.

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Safe Student Account Toolkit
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Who Audits the Auditor? Assessing the Quality of the Internal Audit Function
  • Association of Governing Boards
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  • CASE
Risk Assessment Standards Toolkit: Practical Guidance in Implementing SFAS 104-111
  • 2009
  • Crowe Horwath LLP
  • NACUBO
NACUANOTE: Forewarned is Forearmed — Frequent Issues in College and University Audits
  • 2013
  • Howard Weinman
  • NACUA
Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA)
Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX)
Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act
2 CFR ยง 220
NACUBO Resource Page on The Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act
  • NACUBO
NACUBO Resource Page on Accounting
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