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Regis Master of Science in Accounting Graduate – A Winner of the Elijah Watt Sells Award

Regis University College for Professional Studies (CPS) is proud to learn that one of our Master of Science in Accounting graduates, Michael Hoffer, is one of the winners of the esteemed Elijah Watt Sells Award. Originally from New Jersey, Hoffer is also a graduate of Business University in Vienna and is currently employed with Skidata [...]

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What’s Missing from COSO’s New Internal-Control Guidance [CFO]

The proposal lacks real-world examples. CFOs will need to fill in the blanks. [Kristine Brands, Assistant Professor of Accounting in the College for Professional Studies at Regis University, contributes to CFO.] CFOs have had to certify their company’s internal controls for nearly a decade, putting their professional and personal well-being on the line every time [...]

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Get Ready to Catch the XBRL Wave!

Kris Brands, Assistant Professor of Accounting in the College for Professional Studies at Regis University, contributes to Strategic Finance. This is an excerpt of Kris’s post, by permission of Strategic Finance. XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) reporting gained momentum in the United States during 2011 as the final wave of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) 2009 XBRL Reporting [...]

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U.S. Federal Government XBRL Reporting Update

Kris Brands, Assistant Professor of Accounting in the College for Professional Studies at Regis University, contributes to Strategic Finance. This is an excerpt of Kris’s post, by permission of Strategic Finance. During 2011, the U.S. federal government made significant progress toward expanding the use of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) reporting by U.S. federal agencies. While the Securities & Exchange [...]

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Understanding the Main Three Student Learning Styles

Learning Styles Support Evolves – Moving from Print to Online

[Part of the Learning Processes Series by Marilynn Force ©, Regis University affiliate faculty member.] How the integration of Learning Platform software derived from text books will help various disciplines assimilate different learning styles.  About two years ago, while enjoying a cup of coffee at a local café, I was helping a Regis College student develop [...]

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Integrating XBRL Analysis and Tagging Software

Kris Brands, Assistant Professor of Accounting in the College for Professional Studies at Regis University, was invited by Rivet Software to be a guest blogger, discussing Rivet’s participation at the American Accounting Association’s Annual Meeting. This is an excerpt of Kris’s post, by permission of Rivet Software. The American Accounting Association (AAA) held its annual [...]

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Peer Review: An Internal Control for the XBRL SEC Tagging Mandate

In 2009, the U.S .Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a mandate requiring that U.S. public companies submit their 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K filings using eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL). The final of the three phases of this mandate became effective for smaller filers with year-ends after June 15, 2011—approximately 5,000 companies. Now all U.S. [...]

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Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending via XBRL

Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending via XBRL

[By Kristine Brands, Regis University Lead Accounting Faculty] Patrick Quinlan, a Regis University MBA graduate and President of Rivet Software, testified at the hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, entitled “Achieving Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending.” Rep. Darrell Issa, R-CA, who chairs this committee, had introduced the Digital Accountability and [...]

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Taking the Global Accounting Field Into the Future – Kris Brands, Regis Faculty

Accounting has reached far beyond the image of calculators and balance sheets. As the world seems to shrink due to the increase in global trading of goods and services, technology processes and languages have been developed and deployed. And Kris Brands, assistant professor at Regis University CPS and world traveler, has been at the forefront [...]

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Regis MBA Finance & Accounting Student Learns To Fly Over Mountains of Data

Norm Warren has spent his career working for Microsoft as a technical writer, responsible for business intelligence software, and decided to return to school for his MBA degree. “I was really looking for a way to marry my IT background with a business accounting track, and Regis has gone beyond my expectations,” said Warren. This [...]

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