ACUA News

(12/5/2011)

ACUA Adds Government Affairs Page to Website

(11/21/2011)

ACUA Promotes the Value of Internal Audit with an Impact Movie!

The ACUA impact movie, developed to promote Internal Audit, debuted at the 55th Annual Conference in September 2011 and is located at http://www.acua.org/movie and on the ACUAHigherEd Channel on You Tube.

(6/28/2011)

North Carolina's NCAA Notice of Allegations

North Carolina's NCAA Notice of Allegations The linked article discusses the Notice of Allegations received by North Carolina's football program which included plagiarized papers, payment of parking tickets for players and failure to monitor player twitter accounts.

(6/13/2011)

Terry Radke Former Director of Internal Audit Indiana University Passed Away - March 2011

Terry Radke, 62, of Bloomington, succumbed to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) on March 13, 2011. ACUA wishes to express their condolences to the Radke family. Terry was a wonderful mentor and friend to peers, co-workers and the ACUA family. He will be greatly missed.

(6/13/2011)

Administrators at Georgia State University Sued Over Electronic Course Reserves

Cambridge University Press et al. v. Patton et al, takes issue with the practice of providing electronic copies of course reading materials online. Copyright law, fair use, and how colleges permit access to materials in the digital age may all receive policy-changing clarification in this outcome.

(4/12/2011)

Cashier steals $173,000 from Cleveland State University

An employee of Cleveland State University who stole $173,000 through creating and processing phony athletic requests plead guilty to one count of theft in office.

(12/13/2010)

Full Disclosure Standard for Student Banking Services Unveiled at COMTEC Conference

(10/22/2010)

Penn State Altoona Employee Charged with Theft

The Penn State University Police department claim over $30,000 was stolen by an Office of Student Life employee. In addition to the cash theft and card abuses, the employee charged allegedly used the funds to take personal trips and to fund a family vacation to Disney World.

(10/12/2010)

NDSU Audit Released

The most recent state audit report of North Dakota State University uncovered $24 thousand for unused hotel rooms, $20 thousand for first-or business-class airfare instead of coach and $13 thousand for one employee to attend two seminars by motivational speaker Tony Robbins.

(10/12/2010)

St. John's Univ. Dean Charged With Using Students as 'Slaves'

The former dean of St. John's College is being charged with embezzling $1 million of donations as well as using four scholarship recipients as domestic servants.

(9/30/2010)

UPDATE! Professor Accused of Stealing $2 Million from Georgia Tech

Arrest of Professor Joy Laskar related to the Georgia Tech investigation of the misappropriation of institute resources for the benefit of a faculty-owned company, Sayana Wireless, LLC.

(9/28/2010)

Employer-Provided Cell Phones Removed from Listed Property

(9/15/2010)

BOOKS | MISSION CREEP; Administrative Glut

This New York Times essay by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus highlights administrative bloat and the widening of university focus from education to externally funded research

(8/26/2010)

Government Auditing Standards: 2010 Exposure Draft

Posted to ACUA on: 08/24/10

(7/15/2010)

Maryland university officials illegally share corporate credit cards

Posted to ACUA on: 07/15/10

(7/7/2010)

San Jose college leader worked at DeAnza College while on sick leave

Posted to ACUA on: 07/07/10

(7/6/2010)

Consolidating Campus Commerce Is All in the Cards

(6/29/2010)

Institute of Internal Auditors Recognizes Leader's 29 Years of Distinguished Service

Posted to ACUA on: 06/29/10

(6/1/2010)

FTC Pushes Back Identity Theft Rules Deadline

The Federal Trade Commission has once again pushed back its enforcement deadline for an identity theft-related regulation called the Red Flags Rule. The rule requires financial institutions and other organizations that extend consumer credit to develop and implement policies for detecting and preventing identity theft. Before this latest deadline change, the FTC was to have started enforcing the rule on June 1. Under the new deadline, it will start doing so only after Jan. 1, 2011.

(5/1/2010)

IRS Finds Possible Problems With How Colleges Set Salaries and Report Business Income

The Internal Revenue Service has identified several potential problems with tax-code compliance in the first of two expected reports on how colleges conduct their business.

(1/1/2010)

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