| AACRAO |
American Association of College Registrars
& Admissions Officers |
| ACT |
American College Testing |
| AHSD |
Adult High School Diploma |
| AIR |
Association for Institutional Researchers
|
| CAM |
Certificate of Advanced Mastery |
| CBO |
Community Based Organization |
| CC |
Community College |
| CDS |
Common Data Set |
| CEISS |
Centre for Education Information Standards
and Services |
| CIA |
Council of Instructional Administrators |
| CIM |
Certificate of Initial Mastery |
| CIRPA |
Canadian Institutional Research and Planning Association |
| CP |
Carl Perkins |
| CRC |
[PSU/Community] College Research Consortium |
| CSSA |
Council of Student Services Administrators |
| DL |
Distance Learning |
| ETP |
Education Training Provider |
| FA (SFA) |
Financial Aid (Student Financial Aid)
|
| FERPA |
Family Educational Rights & Privacy
Act |
| FisApp |
Fiscal Operations Report & Application
(Financial Aid) |
| FT |
Full-time |
| FTE |
Full-time Equivalent |
| GED |
General Education Development |
| GRS |
Graduation Rate Survey |
| IPEDS |
Integrated Post-secondary Education
Data System |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITEA |
Individual Training and Employment
Account |
| JARCC |
The Journal of Applied Research in
the Community College |
| LDC |
Lower Division Collegiate |
| JTPA |
Job Training Partnership Act |
| MIE |
Measures of Institutional Effectiveness |
| MK |
Marilyn Kolodziejczyk (ko-luh-jay-chik) |
| NCES |
National Center for Education Statistics |
| NCRP |
National Council of Researchers &
Planners |
| NPEC |
National Postsecondary Education Consortium
|
| NPRM |
Notice of Proposed Rule Making |
| NSC |
National Student Clearinghouse (formerly
NSLC) |
| OAR |
Oregon Administrative Rule |
| OrACRAO |
Oregon Association of College Registrars
& Admissions Officers |
| OCCA |
Oregon Community College Association
|
| OCCBO |
Oregon Community College Business
Officers |
| OCCITA |
Oregon Community College Information
Technology Administrators |
| OCCURS |
Oregon Community Unified Reporting
System |
| ODCCWD (OCCWD) |
Oregon Department of Community Colleges
and Workforce Development (Office
of Community Colleges and Workforce
Development) |
| OPTE |
Oregon Professional Technical Education |
| OPTE-MIS |
Oregon Professional Technical Education
- Management Information System |
| OUS (OSSHE) |
Oregon University System (formerly
Oregon State System of Higher Education) |
| PEN |
Portland Education Network |
| PIC |
Private Industry Council |
| PNAIRP |
Pacific Northwest Association of Institutional
Researchers & Planners |
| PT |
Professional Technical or Part-time |
| RFTE |
Reimbursable Full-Time Equivalent |
| SAS |
Statistical Analysis System |
| SCUP |
Society of College & University Planners |
| SIS |
Shared Information System |
| SP/DH |
Single Parent/Displaced Homemaker
|
| SPSS |
Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences |
| SRTK or SRK |
Student Right-to-Know |
| SSN |
Social Security Number |
| TP |
Training Provider |
| USDOL |
US Department of Labor |
| WAG |
Washington Assessment Group |
| WIA |
Workforce Investment Act |
| WIB |
Workforce Investment Board |