Bulletins 2004

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December

• Final Rules on Student FICA Published  ( December 22, 2004 )
• CUPA-HR Webinar Series  ( December 20, 2004 )
• NACUBO to Share Financial Statements on Web Site  ( December 16, 2004 )
• State Support for Higher Education Increases in FY05  ( December 15, 2004 )
• Campuses Face Higher IT Costs  ( December 14, 2004 )
• Oracle Strikes Buyout Deal With PeopleSoft  ( December 14, 2004 )
• Solomon Amendment Overturned by Federal Appeals Court  ( December 2, 2004 )
• University of Northern Colorado's Business School Receives Baldrige Quality Award  ( December 1, 2004 )
• GASB Intagible Asset Survey Due December 17  ( December 1, 2004 )

November

• Call for Comments on Proposed Revisions to the Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act  ( November 18, 2004 )
• Proposed Rules Allow Plan Distributions During Phased Retirement  ( November 18, 2004 )
• IRS Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Regulations for 403(b) Plans  ( November 18, 2004 )
• SEC Chairman Suggests Self-Regulation to Nonprofits  ( November 17, 2004 )
• Foreign Student Enrollment at U.S. Universities Continues to Dip  ( November 17, 2004 )
• College President Salaries Increase  ( November 16, 2004 )
• College Board Report Identifies Individual and Societal Benefits of Higher Education  ( November 4, 2004 )
• Check21 Takes Effect  ( November 4, 2004 )
• Knight Commission Discusses College Sports Finance Issues  ( November 3, 2004 )
• Tech Budgets Fare Better  ( November 3, 2004 )

October

• Half of All Undergraduate Students Don't Apply for Aid  ( October 19, 2004 )
• Tuition Increases Slow According to College Board  ( October 19, 2004 )
• Sector Strategies Performance Report  ( October 7, 2004 )
• IRS Excludes Colleges and University from Revamped Voluntary Compliance Program  ( October 7, 2004 )
• Sector Strategies FAQ  ( October 6, 2004 )

September

• Higher Education Report Card Details State Changes  ( September 22, 2004 )
• ED Reports Lowest Student Loan Default Rate in History  ( September 21, 2004 )
• Study Challenges Link Among Sports, Applications, and Donations  ( September 9, 2004 )
• Intercollegiate Athletics Survey Open  ( September 8, 2004 )

August

• Colleges Fight Acacia’s Patent Claims to Online Audio and Video Use  ( August 25, 2004 )
• ED Campus Crime Survey Open  ( August 25, 2004 )
• GASB Issues Statement 45  ( August 25, 2004 )
• GASB Issues Concepts Statement ED on Communication Methods  ( August 25, 2004 )
• FASB Issues Exposure Draft on Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations  ( August 25, 2004 )
• IRS to Scrutinize EO Compensation and Benefits Practices  ( August 25, 2004 )
• FASB Issues ED on Fair Value Measurements  ( August 25, 2004 )

July

• Ruling: Graduate Students Cannot Unionize  ( July 28, 2004 )
• Report Details State Higher Education Financing  ( July 28, 2004 )
• New Officers Take Helm of NACUBO Board  ( July 20, 2004 )
• Final Rule on SEVIS Fee Collection   ( July 1, 2004 )
• Tuition Burden Falls at Public Universities  ( June 29, 2004 )

June

• Colleges Retain Portion of Broadcast Spectrum  ( June 15, 2004 )
• NCES Report Analyzes Paying for College, Condition of U.S. Education  ( June 2, 2004 )
• NACUBO, Treasury Institute for Higher Education Forge Alliance  ( June 1, 2004 )

May

• College Retirement Communities Network a Possibility  ( May 6, 2004 )
• 501(c)(3)s Cautioned About Political Activities  ( May 6, 2004 )
• Surveys Show Minimal Boost to Faculty Salaries   ( May 4, 2004 )

April

• Department of Labor Releases New Overtime Rules  ( April 23, 2004 )
• OPEB Comments Due to GASB by April 30  ( April 22, 2004 )
• Upcoming Stakeholder Meetings About Hazardous Waste Generator  ( April 22, 2004 )
• NACUBO Signs Comment Letter Challenging Scope of CALEA  ( April 22, 2004 )
• Paper Outlines Efforts to Thwart Illegal File Sharing  ( April 8, 2004 )
• May 14 Application Process Deadline for SEVIS Preliminary Enrollment Schools  ( April 8, 2004 )
• IPEDS Data Collection to Close April 21  ( April 8, 2004 )

March

• New Round of Lawsuits Targets Music File Sharing on 21 Campuses  ( March 24, 2004 )
• eZ- Audit System Ready for Annual Submissions  ( March 24, 2004 )
• SEC Establishing Task Force on 529 Tuition Savings Plans  ( March 23, 2004 )
• EPA Sector Update  ( March 18, 2004 )
• New Electronic Filing Procedure for Form 990  ( March 11, 2004 )
• eZ- Audit System Back Online by Mid-March  ( March 10, 2004 )
• FICA May Apply to Certain Student Employees Under New Rules  ( March 10, 2004 )

February

• Guidance Available on Return of Title IV Funds  ( February 25, 2004 )
• New IRS Publications  ( February 25, 2004 )
• IRS Proposes Rules on Student FICA Exception  ( February 25, 2004 )
• FASB Revises Employers' Disclosure about Pensions and Postretirement Benefits  ( February 6, 2004 )
• Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003  ( February 5, 2004 )

January

• GASB Reissues OPEB Exposure Draft  ( January 30, 2004 )
• IPEDS Releases Statistics on Enrollment and Finance Data for 2001  ( January 29, 2004 )
• CBO Reports to Senate on Financing College Education  ( January 29, 2004 )
• Deadline Approaching for SEVIS Preliminary-Enrollment Institutions  ( January 15, 2004 )
• Agencies Establish New Procedures for SSNs for Foreign Students  ( January 15, 2004 )
• FEMA Offering Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grants  ( January 15, 2004 )
• Homeland Security Best Management Practices  ( January 15, 2004 )
• Funding Information Technology  ( January 15, 2004 )
• NYC Institutions Help High Schools Become Environmental Stewards  ( January 29, 2003 )