Florida A&M University has been given a six-month window to straighten out its accounting problem or risk losing its accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The school has come under fire after a state auditor revealed that the school's inspector general's office had gone 40 months without any formal reports on internal investigations, and that $39 million in transactions and budget amendments were made without approval of the school's board of trustees. In addition the school has some $1.8 million in missing receipts for athletic-event tickets and $11,000 in bad checks were written by the administration. Students attending an unaccredited school are typically not eligible for financial aid.
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Nine organizations wrote to the Department of Education expressing opposition to rules excluding accounting from recognition as a professional degree program.
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The Institute of Internal Auditors has released its latest "topical requirement," this time on organizational behavior as part of a company's culture.
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The Top 50 Firm based in Troy, Michigan, has completed its fourth acquisition in Houston this year and its 10th across the country.
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The accounting profession is seriously divided over the value of private equity, and its potential impact on the profession.
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The Financial Accounting Foundation's board of trustees appointed 13 new members to the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council.
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Private company leaders looking to sell reported that tax on recognized gains (88%) and transfer taxes (87%) were major concerns, per a Deloitte survey.
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