Audit requests are solicited from university administrators and other staff. Audit schedules are provided to the President and Audit and Finance Committee. Professional standards adopted by the Institute of Internal Auditors call for an external peer review to be conducted periodically to determine compliance with professional standards. The peer review can be conducted by other internal auditors, external auditors, administrators or outside consultants qualified to conduct such reviews. The internal audit department, like all other departments within the university, participates in the university's outcomes assessment process as well as being subject to performance evaluations.
Professional standards require a peer review of external audit firms on a periodic basis.
The State Auditor's Office conducts quality assurance reviews or desk audits of randomly selected agency audits and the corresponding audit reports and work papers. Association of College and University Auditors - Audit checklists, programs and questionnaires included in the audit exchange library. Items of interest to university auditors.