Exam 15: Accounting for Colleges and Universities

Manthei University,a private university,has provided the following information concerning selected transactions.Prepare in general journal form the entries required for each of the transactions. 1)The university was awarded a federal grant in the amount of $1,800,000 to be used for a specified research project (determined to be a nonexchange transaction).During the year the entire $1,800,000 was received and expenses for the specified project totaled $1,000,000. 2)Ira Beaker,a renowned chemist and alumnus,donated $7,000,000 to be used for the construction of new chemistry building to be named Beaker Hall.The gift is to be paid to the university in equal installments over a two-year period; the sum for the current year was received in cash. 3)Cash outlays of $2,750,000 were made during the year for construction in progress on the new chemistry building.Other construction projects completed during the year,also financed by temporarily restricted resources,amounted to $1,500,000 for buildings and $500,000 for improvements other than buildings.There was no debt financing used for these projects. 4)During the year bonds with a face value of $180,000 were retired.

GASB accounting and reporting standards applicable to public colleges and universities

Economic rationality would argue against a university accepting a split-interest agreement in which a fixed annuity is payable to the donor if:

Earnings on a private college's endowment investments may increase unrestricted or temporarily restricted net assets,or both.

Which of the following receipts may properly be accounted for as an increase in unrestricted net assets by a private college?