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Accounting Tutorials

Perkins Wind-down Guidance 

Title IV Financial Responsibility Standards (Publicly Available)

NACUBO’s Financial Accounting and Reporting Manual (FARM)

Comprehensive and up-to-date accounting guidance and preferred practice for colleges and universities. FARM is searchable, web-based, and free for NACUBO members only.

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Sue Menditto

Senior Director, Accounting Policy

202.861.2542

News

GASB Releases CARES Act and Coronavirus Technical Bulletin

July 9, 2020

A Technical Bulletin released by GASB on July 2 clarifies the accounting, reporting, and recognition criteria for various program resources under the CARES Act.


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  • July 6, 2020

    GASB Issues Defined Contribution Plan and Component Unit Guidance

    GASB’s Statement 97 exempts defined contribution benefit plans from financial burden and accountability criteria that would lead to reporting in fiduciary fund financial statements.

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  • June 26, 2020

    NACUBO Pushes Back on GASB’s Coronavirus Accounting Proposal

    In a letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, NACUBO supported GASB’s accounting interpretation of CARES Act relief funds but disagreed with its assertion that a global pandemic is neither an unusual nor infrequent occurrence for financial reporting.

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Business Officer

The Business Officer magazine is available at businessofficermagazine.org.

Accounting Principles Council

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Upcoming Programs

  • July 14, 2020

    NACUBO 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting

    July 13–17, 2020 | See Schedule Below for Full Program Details | All Times Eastern | Sessions 60 Minutes Unless Otherwise Noted

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  • July 14, 2020

    NACUBO 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting: Tuesday Pass

    July 14, 2020 | 11am-4pm ET | See Schedule for Session Info

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Research

  • May 29, 2020

    Tuition Discounting Study Glossary

    Definition of key terms in the annual Tuition Discounting Study

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  • May 29, 2020

    NACUBO Tuition Discounting Study

    The annual NACUBO Tuition Discounting Study (TDS) measures the institutional tuition discount rates and other indicators of institutional grant awards to first-time, full-time first year undergraduates and all undergraduates who attend private, nonprofit (independent) colleges and universities.

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Press Release

  • June 17, 2020

    NACUBO Sets Path Forward Through COVID-19 Financial Implications

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  • May 28, 2020

    Ascendium Education Group Awards NACUBO Planning Grant to Advance Student Success Efforts

    To develop an infrastructure for a multi-institution, multi-initiative process focused on student success at colleges and universities, NACUBO has been awarded a $1.1 million planning grant from Ascendium Education Group.

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