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Acronyms

Acronym Full Name or Description

3C4A California Community College Counselors/Advisors Academic Association for Athletics

A.A.-T Associate in Arts for Transfer

A.S.-T Associate in Science for Transfer

A2MEND Annual African American Male Educational Network and Development

A.A. Associate of Arts

Aa2 Moody's Bond Rating

AACC American Association of Community College

AANAPI Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander

AANAPISI Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution

AB 540 Assembly Bill 540 Non-Resident Tuition Waiver

ABE Adult Basic Education

ACCJC Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

ACDA American Choral Directors Association

ACES Achieving in College, Ensuring Success

ACSM American College of Sports Medicine

ACS WASC Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act

ADN Associate Degree in Nursing

ADT Associate Degrees for Transfer

AEBG Adult Education Block Grant

AEFLA Adult Education and Family Literacy Act

ALA American Library Association

ALEK Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces

ALO Accreditation Liaison Officer

AMAC Academic Mutual Agreement Council

AmLa American Language (Credit ESL) Department

AMLA American Language (Credit ESL) Course

AP Administrative Procedure

APAHE Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education

APEX Banner reporting system

API Dashboard platform

Arise Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Grant

Argos Data reporting program

AS Academic Senate

AS Associate of Science

AS Associated Students

ASC Accreditation Steering Committee

ASCIP Alliance of Schools for Cooperative Insurance Programs

ASL American Sign Language

ASWD Accommodating Students With Disabilities

AUO Administrative Unit Objectives

AWE Assessment of Written English

BA Bachelor of Arts

BOT Board of Trustees

BP Board Policy

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Acronym Full Name or Description

BS Bachelor of Science

BSI Basic Skills Initiative

BSN Bachelor of Science in Nursing

BSU Black Student Union

C&I Curriculum and Instruction Council

CAASPP California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress

CalPERS California Public Employees’ Retirement System

CalSTRS California State Teachers’ Retirement System

CalWORKs California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids

CNA Certified Nursing Assistant

CAP Computer Adaptive Placement

CARE Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education

CBA Collective Bargaining Agreements

CBEDS California Basic Educational Data System

CCC California Community Colleges

CCCAA California Community Colleges Athletics Association

CCCCO California Community College's Chancellor's Office

CCC-IOU California Community College - Investor Owned Utility

CCDT California Chemistry Diagnostic Test

CCFS-311Q Quarterly Financial Status Report

CCLC Community College League of California

CCSSE Community College Survey of Student Engagement

CD Compact Disc

CDCP Career Development and College Prep

CEC California Education Code

CED Continuing Education Division

CEDC Campus Equity and Diversity Committee

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CEQA California Environmental Quality Act

CHHA Certified Home Health Aid

C-ID Course Identification

CIF California Interscholastic Federation

CIO Chief Information Officer

CIRP Cooperative Institutional Research Program

CMO Course Measurable Objectives

CMPCT Campus Master Plan Coordinating Team

COE Center of Excellence

COPS Certificate of Participation

COR Course Outline of Record

CPDC Classified Professional Development Committee

CSAC California State Association of Counties

CSEA California School Employee Association

CSU California State University

CTE Career Technical Education

CTO Chief Technology Officer

DHH Deaf and Hard of Hearing

DL Distance Learning

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Acronym Full Name or Description

DLA Directed Learning Activity

DLC Distance Learning Committee

DR Disaster Recovery

DRP Degrees of Reading Power

DSA Division of State Architect

DSPS Disabled Student Programs & Services

EDC Educational Design Committee

EEO Equal Employment Opportunity

EMP Educational Master Plan

EMT Emergency Medical Technician

EOA Education for Older Adults

EOC Emergency Operations Center

EOPS Extended Opportunity Programs & Services

ESL English as a Second Language

ETP Employment Training Panel

FA Faculty Association

FAC Facilities Advisory Committee

FAFSA Free Application for Federal Student Aid

FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

FISAP Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate

FMP Facilities Master Plan

FON Faculty Obligation Number

FPDC Faculty Professional Development Council

FPM Facilities Planning and Management

FTE Full-time Equivalent

FTES Full-time Equivalent Student

FTFO Full-time Faculty Obligation

FY Fiscal Year

GASB Government Accounting Standards Board

GE General Education

GEO General Education Outcome

GOBI3 Global Online Bibliographic Information

GPA Grade Point Average

GSF Gross Square Footage

HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HR Human Resources

HRM Hospitality and Restaurant Management

HSE High School Equivalency

HSO High School Outreach

HSI Hispanic-Serving Institution

ICC Inter-Club Council

IDEAS Improving Dreams Equality Access & Success

IEALC Inland Empire Academic Libraries Cooperative Library

IEC Institutional Effectiveness Committee

IELTS International English Language Testing Service

IEP Individual Education Plans

IEPI Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative

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Acronym Full Name or Description

IGETC Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum

ILO Institutional Level Outcomes

IRS Internal Revenue Service

ISS Institution-set Standards

IT Information Technology

ITAC Information Technology Advisory Committee

KPI Key Performance Indicators

LAC Learning Assistance Center

Lambda Mt. SAC Gay-Straight Alliance

LAOCRC Los Angeles and Orange County Regional Consortia

LEAD Leadership Education and Development Program

LERN Learning Assistance

LGBTQ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning

LHE Lecture Hour Equivalents

LLC Language Learning Center

LLR Library and Learning Resource

LLRC Library and Learning Resource Center

LMS Learning Management System

MAP Mountie Academic Plan

MARC Math Activities Resource Center

MDRC Nonprofit Organization

MEChA Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán

MIS Management Information System

MMI Male Minority Initiative

MO Measurable Objectives

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MPDC Management Professional Development Committee

MR Moodlerooms

MRSA Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

MSMU Mount Saint Mary's University

Mt. SAC Mt. San Antonio College

NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

NATA National Athletic Trainers' Association

NATYCAA National Association of Two Year College Athletic Administrators

NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association

NSEP Noncredit Student Educational Plan

NSF National Science Foundation

OC Outcomes Committee

OCLC OCLC WorldShare Management Services (WMS)

OEI Online Education Initiative

OLSC Online Learning Support Center

OPEB Other Postemployment Benefits

PAC President’s Advisory Council

PC President’s Cabinet

PCAH Program and Course Approval Handbook

PDC Professional Development Council

PHI Protected Health Information

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Acronym Full Name or Description

PIE Planning for Institutional Effectiveness

PLO Program Level Outcomes

POD Professional and Organizational Development

PPL Educational consulting firm

QCI Quality Copying Inc.

QFE Quality Focus Essay

REACH Reaching Empowering Achieving and Completing with Heart

RIE Research and Institutional Effectiveness

ROP Regional Occupational Program

RR Bond Measure RR

SAAC Student Athlete Advisory Council

SanFACC San Gabriel/ Foothill Association of Community Colleges

SARS-GRID Student Appointment Reservation System-GRID

SCE School of Continuing Education

SELPA Special Education Local Planned Area

SEP Student Education Plan

SGVEP San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership

SIU Southern Illinois University

SLG Student Learning Goal

SLO Student Learning Outcomes

SO Strategic Objectives

SP Strategic Plan

SP&S Student Preparation and Success Council

SPOT Skills and Pedagogy for Online Teaching

SSARCC Student Services Automated Reporting for Community Colleges

SSEED Student Support for Educational and Employment Development

SSSC Speech and Sign Success Center

SSSP Student Success and Support Program

STAR Student Transfer Achievement Reform

STEM Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

STEP Summer Transition Enrichment Program

STMA Students Sports Turf Management Association

STV Short-term Vocational

TERC Technical Education Resource Center

Title V Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions grant

T-MARC Transfer Math Activities Resource Center

TMP Technology Master Plan

TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language

TSM Tivoli Storage Manager

TTAC Telecommunications & Technology Advisory Committee

UC University of California

URL Uniform Resource Locator

USC University of Southern California

USCIS United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

VA Veterans Affairs

VAWA Violence Against Women Act

VESL Vocational English as a Second Language

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Acronym Full Name or Description

VEX Robotics Competition

VP Vice Presidents

VRC Veterans Resource Center

VRS Video Relay System

VSOC Veterans Success on Campus

WASC Western Association of Schools and Colleges

WebCMS Web Content Management System

WIOA Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

WMS Worldshare Management System

YBP Yankee Book Peddler, Library web-based collection development tool