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Acronyms
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Nothing makes one feel so much an outsider in a group as the use by others of acronyms
or initial designations with which one is not familiar. Below are some of the abbreviations
pertaining to education which are in common use in this state. Please send suggestions
to Chad Mark Glen at Cglen@ChabotCollege.edu.
A&R Admissions and Records
ACCJC Accrediting Commission for
Community and Junior Colleges
AAC Association of American Colleges
AACC American Association of
Community Colleges
AACD Affirmative Action and Cultural
Diversity
AAHE American Association of Higher
Education
ACCT Association of Community College
Trustees
ACCTLA Association of California
College Tutoring and Learning
Assistance
ACE American Council on Education
ACR Assembly Concurrent Resolution
AAO Affirmative Action Officers
AAUP American Association of
University Professors
ACSA Association of California School
Administrators
ACT American College Testing
AAUW American Association of
University Women
AAWCC American Association of
Women in Community Colleges
AB Assembly Bill
ACBO Association of Chief Business
Officers
ACCCA Association of California
Community College Administrators
ACTFL American Council on the
Teaching of Foreign Languages
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
AERA American Educational Research
Association
AFDC Aid to Dependent Children
AFT American Federation of Teachers
AGB Association of Government Boards
ACCE Association for Community and
Continuing Education
ACCESS Action for Community College
Enhancement of Student Success (ACT
Project)
AGNES Advisory Group on Need
Evaluation Services
AHCA American Health Care Association
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AIA Association of Instructional
Administrators
BLACCC Black Association of California
Community Colleges
AICCU Association of Independent
California Colleges and Universities
BOARS Board of Admissions and
Relations with Schools (UC)
AMA American Medical Association
BOG Board of Governors
BOT Board of Trustees
ANA American Nurses Association
API Academic Program Improvement
(CSU funding & support to programs)
BRAIN Business Resource Assistance
and Innovations Network
BRN Board of Registered Nursing
APLE Assumption Programs of Loans of
Education
BVIT Bilingual Vocational Instructors
Training
AP Advanced Placement
CAA College Art Association
ASB Associated Student Body
CAA College Alliance of Arts
ASCC Associated Students of Chabot
College
ASCCC Academic Senate for California
Community Colleges
ASCIOs Academic Senate/Chief
Instruction Officers
ASSET Assessment of Skills for
Successful Entry and Transfer (ACT)
ASSIST Articulation System to Stimulate
Inter-institutional Student Transfer
AVA American Vocational Association
BAT Bureau of Apprenticeship and
Training (Federal)
CAAJE Calif. Association of
Administration of Justice Educators, Inc.
CABE California Association of Bilingual
Educators
CACCRAO California Association of
Community Colleges Registration &
Admissions Officers
CACN California Association of Colleges
of Nursing
CACT Centers for Applied Competitive
Technologies
CAH - Calculated “A” Hour
BCP Budget Change Proposal
CAHA California Association of Homes
for the Aged
BEOG Basic Educational Opportunity
Grant (also Pell Grant)
CAHHS California Association of
Hospitals and Health System
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CAIR California Association of
Institutional Researchers
CATESOL California Teachers of English
to Speakers of Other Languages
CAL-SOAP California Students
Opportunity and Access Program
CAVE California Association of
Vocational Education
CalWORKs California Work Opportunity
and Responsibility for Kids
CB Collective Bargaining
CalSACC California Student Association
of Community Colleges
CMC3 California Math Council of
California Community Colleges
CBO Community Based Organization
(JTPA)
CBO Chief Business Officer (Vice
President, Business Services)
CC Community College
CAN California Articulation Number
(postsecondary course # system)
CAP Committee on Assessment
Procedures
CAPED California Association on
Postsecondary Education and Disability
CAPI California Association of Part-Time
Instructors
CAPP California Academic Partnership
Program
CARE - Cooperative Agencies for
Resources and Education
CASA California Association of School
Administrators
CASFAA California Association of
Student Financial Aid Administrators
CASIP California Supplier Improvement
Program
CATE California Association of Teachers
of English
CCA Community College Association
(affiliate of CTA)
CCC Community College Council
(affiliate of CFT)
CCCAOE California Community College
Association of Occupational Education
CCCCA California Community Colleges
Counselors Association
CCCCCSCE Calif. Community College
Council on Community Services and
Continuing Education.
CCCCSSAA California Community
College Chief Student Services
Administrators Association
CCCEOPSA Calif. Community College
Extended Opportunity Programs and
Services Association
CCCF California Community College
Foundation
CCCHSA California Community College
Health Services Association
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CCCI California Community Colleges
Independents
CHE - Consumer Homemaking
Education
CCCPA California Community College
Placement Association
CLEP California Educational Loan
Program
CCCSAA California Community College
Student Affairs Association
CFADS California Financial Aid Delivery
System
CCCSFAAA California Community
College Student Financial Aid
Association
CFT California Federation of Teachers
CGSLP California Guaranteed Student
Loan Program
CCCT California Community College
Trustees
CHA California Humanities Association
CCD Community College District
CHE Consumer Home Economics
CCENC Community College Educators of
New Californians
CHEA California Higher Education
Association (affiliate of CTA/NEA)
CCLC Community College League of
California
CHELA California Higher Education Loan
Authority
CCPRO Community College Public
Relations Organization
CHRO Chief Human Resources and
Affirmative Action Officers
CCUDA Community College Urban
District Association
CIAC: California Intersegmental
Articulation Council
CDE California Department of Education
CIO Chief Instructional Officer (Vice
President, Academic Services)
CEMC College Enrolment Management
Committee
CEBRAC California Environmental
Business Resource Center
CIOCCC Chief Instructional Office of
California Community Colleges
CITD Centers for International Trade
Development
CEEB College Entrance Examination
Board
CLA California Library Association
CEO - Chief Executive Officer (President)
CLAS California Loan to Assist Students
CFIER - California Foundation for
Improvement of Employer-Employee
Relations
CLASS California Library Authority of
Systems and Services
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CLEP College Level Examination
Program
CSBA California School Board
Association
CLPFA Chabot-Las Positas Faculty
Association (Certificated)
CSEA California State Employees
Association
CMLEA California Media and Library
Educators Association
CSEA California School Employees
Association
COA Commission on Athletics
CSLA California Student Loan
Association
CO Chancellor Office California
Community Colleges
COD Career Opportunities Development
CSS California Scholarship Service
CSSO Chief Student Services Officers
(Vice President, Student Services)
COFO Counsel of Faculty Organizations
CSU California State University
COFPHE Capital Outlay Fund for Higher
Education
CSUEB California State University East
Bay (Formerly CSUH- Hayward)
COIS California Occupational Information
System
CTA California Teachers Association
COLA Cost of Living Adjustment
CWS California Work Study
C-ONE California Organization of
Nursing Executives
CYEDA California Youth Employment
and Development Act
COPA Council on Postsecondary
Accreditation
DAS Division of Apprenticeship
Standards
COPES Community College
Occupational Evaluation System
DE Distance Education
DEC Distance Education Center
CPEC California Post-secondary
Education Commission
CPGA California Personnel and
Guidance Association
DECSC Distance Education Curriculum
Support Committee
DEMC District Enrolment Management
Committee
CQI Complete Quality Improvement
DOC Directory of Occupational Titles
CSAC California Student Aid
Commission
DOF Department of Finance
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DSP&S Disabled Students Programs and
Services
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ESL English as a Second Language
ET Environmental Technologies
DSRC Disabled Students Resource
Center
ETI Evaluation and Training Institute
DVR Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
ETP Employment Training Panel
EAP Employee Assistance Program
ETS Educational Testing Service
EBT Employer Based Training
FACCC Faculty Association of California
Community Colleges
ECD Early Childhood Development
FAF Financial Aid Forum
EDA Economic Development
Administration (U.S. Department of
Commerce)
FAO Financial Aid Office (or Officer)
FII Fund for Instructional Improvement
EDD Employment Development
Department
ED>NET Economic Development
Network
ECCTYC English Council of California
Two-Year Colleges
FIPSE Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
FISL Federally Insured Student Loan
FNAR Financial Need Analysis Report
FSA Faculty Service Area
EERA Educational Employment
Relations Act (K-12 & CCs)
EHMT Environmental Hazardous
Materials Technologies
FTEF Full-Time Equivalent Faculty
FTES Full-Time Equivalent Student
GAIN Greater Avenues for Independence
EOG Educational Opportunity Grant
EON Equal Opportunity Network
EOP Educational Opportunity Program
(4-year Colleges)
GED General Educational Development
(H.S. equivalency test)
GRE Graduate Record Examination
GSL Guaranteed Student Loan
EOPS Extended Opportunity Programs
and Services
ERIC Educational Research Information
Center (for CCs)
HBCUs Historically Black Colleges and
Universities
HCFA Health Care Financing
Administration
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HEERA Higher Education Employee
Relations Act (CSU & UC)
JACOTI Joint Articulation Council on
Transfer Issues (CSU & CCs)
HSA Health Services Association
JTPA Job Training Partnership Act
HR Human Resources
LAO Legislative Analyst's Office
HUD Department of Housing and Urban
Development
LARC Learning, Assessment, Retention
Consortium
I-ECC Industry-Education Council of
California
LEP Limited English Proficiency
LMI Labor Market Information
ICAS Intersegmental Committee of
Academic Senates
ICC Intersegmental Coordinating Council
IGETC Intersegmental General
Education Transfer Curriculum
LPC Las Positas College
LRACCC Learning Resources
Association of California Community
Colleges
LRFA La Raza Faulty Association
IIE Institute of International Education
LSAT Law School Admission Test
IJFP Intersegmental Joint Faculty Project
IMPAC Intersegmental Major Preparation
Articulated Curriculum
MACCC Music Association of California
Community Colleges
IPBC Institutional Budget and Planning
MALDEF Mexican-American Legal
Defense and Education Fund
IR Institutional Research
MCAT Medical College Admission Test
ISFARS Institutional Student Financial
Aid Resources Survey
MCS Model Curriculum Standards (K-12)
ISLS Interdisciplinary
Studies in Letters
MESA Mathematics Engineering Science
Achievement
and Sciences
IT Information Technology
METPP Migrant Education Teachers
Preparation Program
ITC Instructional Technology Center
MIS Management Information System
ITS Information Technology Services
MOE Maintenance Of Effort
ITV Instructional Television
MQ's Minimum Qualifications
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NABE National Association of Bilingual
Educator
OSHPD Office of Statewide Health
Planning & Development
NAFTA North American Free Trade
Assn.
PAC Program Advisory Committee
NCES National Center for Educational
Statistics
NCOE National Council for Occupational
Education (affiliate of AACC)
NCSPOD National Council for Staff
Programs & Organizations
NCTC Northern California
Telecommunication Consortia
PACE Project for Adult College
Education
PAVE Program Assessment of
Vocational Education
PERB Public Employment Relations
Board
PERS Public Employees Retirement
System
PFE Partnership For Excellence
NDSL National Direct Student Loan
NEA National Education Association
NEH National Endowment for the
Humanities
PIC Private Industry Council (vocational
advisory group)
PIO Public Information Officer
PPE Private Post-secondary Education
NISOD National Institute for Staff &
Organizational Development
PRC Program Review Committee
NIST National Institute of Standards and
Technology
PSAT Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude
Test
NLN National League for Nursing
(national voluntary accrediting body)
Q&A Questions and Answers
Qu.A.C Quick Access Counselor
NSF National Science Foundation
NTI Non-Traditional Instruction
RETES Refugee Education, Training &
Employment Services
O & M Operations and Maintenance
RFB Requests For Bids
OAL Office of Administration Law
RFA Request For Applications
OBRA Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act
RFP Request For Proposals
RFQ Requests For Quotations
OCR Office of Civil Rights
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RHORC Regional Health occupations
Resource Centers
SEOG Supplementary Education
Opportunity Grant
ROC/P's Regional Occupational
Center/Programs
SIP School Improvement Program
RP Research and Planning Group for
California Community Colleges
SJTCC State Job Training Coordinating
Council
SLOs Student Learning Outcomes
RUMBL Retirees Unfunded Medical
Benefits Liability
SLOAC Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Cycle
SAAC State Aid Application for California
SAM Student Accountability Model
SAT Scholarship Aptitude Test
SOAP Student Opportunity and Access
Program
SPARC Special Projects Advisory and
Review Council
SB Senate Bill
SBP Small Business Programs
SPRE State Post-secondary Review
Entity
SCAT School and College Ability Test
STC School To Career
SCANS Secretary of Labor's Commission
on Achieving Necessary Skills
STRS State Teachers Retirement
System
SCILL Southern California Inter-Library
Loan Network
STW School to Work
SCOPE State College Organization for
Physical Education
TANF Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families
TAP Transfer Alliance Project
SCOVE State Council on Vocational
Education
SDA Service Delivery Area (JTPA)
TBA To Be Announced
TEAM Teachers, Educators, AmeriCorps
and Mentors
SDE State Department of Education
TMI Technology Mediated Instruction
SEED Supporters of Educational Equity
and Diversity
SEIU Service Employees International
Union/CSC (Classified)
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign
Language
TQM Total Quality Management
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TOP- Taxonomy of Programs Code
TSLAP Teacher Shortage Loan
Assumption Program
YEDPA Youth Employment and
Demonstration Project Act
UC University of California (and its
branches)
UCEP University Committee on
Educational Policy
UCUPRE University Committee on
Undergraduate Preparation & Remedial
Education (UC)
USDE U.S. Dept. of Education
USSP Underrepresented Special Student
Projects
VTEA Vocational and Applied
Technology Education act of 1990
WASC Western Association of Schools
and Colleges (Accrediting Commissions)
WASFAA Western Association of
Student Financial Aid Administration
WCA Western College Association
WICHE Western Interstate Commission
for Higher Education
WIN Work Incentive Program
WpLRC Workplace Learning Resource
Center
WRAC Writing and Reading Across the
Curriculum
WRCBAA Western Region Council on
Black American Affairs
WSCH Weekly Student Contact Hours
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