AACRAOnyms

A Primer of Higher Ed Acronymsfor New Professionals

University of Oregon

Brian Lowery, Associate Registrar,

OperationsSue Eveland,

University Registrar

Acronyms vs. Abbreviations

Acronyms are pronounceable names made up of a series of initial letters or word parts (UNESCO)

Abbreviations are shortened or contracted forms of word, used to represent the whole word and are not pronounced, and usually contain periods (U.S. or lb.)

We are going to cover BOTH!

AACRAO

American

Association of

Collegiate

Registrars and

Admissions

Officers

AACRAO is actually an International organization…

Do You Know Your CRAO?

Quiz!

Shout out

Your state AACRAO association

Your regional AACRAO association

The Regional ‘CRAO’s

UMACRAO (Upper Midwest) RMACRAO (Rocky Mountain) SACRAO (Southern) PACRAO (Pacific) NEACRAO (New England) MSACRAO (Middle States) CACRAO (Carolinas) New Jersey-New York

The State ‘CRAO’s

ALACRAO (Alabama) to

WACRAO (Wisconsin)

Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia

Other Higher Ed Organizations

NACAC: Nat’l Association for College Admission Counseling◦ States and regionals (PNACAC, GPACAC,

IACAC, MACAC) ◦ no AFLAC

AIR: Association for Institutional Research◦ States and regionals (PNAIR)

Other Higher Ed Organizations

AAU: Association of American Universities (invitation only; 61 US and 2 Canadian public and private research universities)

NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

NASFA: Association of International Educators (was National Association of Foreign Student Advisers)

Other Higher Ed Organizations

NACUBO: National Association of College and University Business Officers

http://www.higher-ed.org/orgs.htm

Regional Accrediting Orgs

NWCCU: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

WASC-ACCJC: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

And several others…

Regional Accrediting Orgs

Ch, Ch, Ch, CHEA!:

Not a pet, but the Council for Higher Education Accreditations

http://www.chea.org/Directories/

Higher Ed Lingo

SEM: Strategic Enrollment Management NSSE: National Survey of Student

Engagement ACAOPU: Association of Chief

Admissions Officers at Public Universities IPEDS: Integrated Postsecondary

Education Data System K-12 and P-20 NCAA IUPUI

Quiz!

What does AACRAO’s

EDGE stand for?

Electronic Database for Global Education

We Love Acronyms

Every project inevitably strives to figure out an acronym that fits the project.

IDEA: Institute for Development of Educational Achievement

PATRIOT: Phased Array Tracking RADAR Intercept on Target

We Love Acronyms

APIT: Admissions Process Improvement Team

PUG: Project User Group CAI: Committee on Academic

Infrastructure

Unfortunate Acronyms Students of Women Studies American Symphony Orchestra League Wisconsin Tourism Federation

User Groups

MABUG: Mid-Atlantic Banner Users’ Group

DUG: Datatel Users’ Group HEUG: Higher Education User Group JENZA-RUG-SOU: Jenzabar Regional

User Group – South SETA: Sungard Education Technology

Association

Government/Legal

HEOA: Higher Education Opportunity Act ADA: American with Disabilities Act RTTF: Return of Title IV (often called

Return to Title IV) FAFSA: Free Application for Federal

Student Aid

Government/Legal

FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

FOIPOP: Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

Government/Legal

DEO: Department of Education OSHA: Occupational Health and Safety

Act FLSA: Fair Labor Standards Act FMLA: Family and Medical Leave Act BOLI: Bureau of Labor and Industries

Health

TBI: Traumatic Brain Injury ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity

Disorder

Companies

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation BMW: Bayerische Motoren Werke Comcast: Communications and

Broadcast IBM: International Business Machines IKEA: Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd

TUCOWS: The Ultimate Collection Of Winsock Software

Intel: Integrated Electronics

ESPN: Entertainment and Sports Programming Network

Inventions

SONAR: Sound Navigation and Ranging SCUBA: Self Contained Underwater

Breathing Apparatus RADAR: Radio Detection and Ranging

Quiz!

LMNOP Answer: Alphabet beginning with L

Language

ESOL: English Speakers of Other Languages

TESOL: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language

Technical

PDF: Portable Document Format CRM: Customer (or constituent)

relationship management SIS: Student Information Systems ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning

Technical

SPEEDE: Standardization of Postsecondary Education Electronic Data Exchange

HTML: HyperText Markup Language XML: Extensible Markup Language EDI: Electronic Data Interchange WAN and LAN: Wide Area

Network/Local Area Network

Technical

TWAIN: not an acronym (scanner interface standard)

USB: Universal Serial Bus JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group EDUCAUSE: EduCom (Interuniversity

Communications Council) and CAUSE; College And University Systems Exchange

PESC: Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council

Quiz Time

EIEIOAnswer:

Old McDonald Had a Farm

Business

KPI: Key Performance Indicators SAP: Strategic Action Plan BI: Business Intelligence YTD: Year to date FY: Fiscal Year CIO: Chief Information Officer MOU: Memorandum of Understanding KFC: Kentucky Fried Chicken BP: Business Process

Faculty

TT: Tenure Track NTTF: Non-Tenure Track Faculty GTF: Graduate Teaching Fellow GA: Graduate Assistant RA: Research Assistant TA: Teaching Assistant

Counting

FTE: Full Time Enrollment SCH: Student Credit Hours WICHE: Western Interstate Commission

on Higher Education SCARF: Student Centralized

Administrative Reporting File

Quiz Time

Acronyms have meaning that is often only clear when the context of the industry that uses them is known.

DNR

Quiz Time

Acronyms have meaning that is often only clear when the context of the industry that uses them is known.

DNRDept of Natural Resources, Do Not Resuscitate, Direct Normal Radiation, Digital Noise Reduction

Testing

GED: General Education Development test

AP: Advanced Placement CLEP: College Level Examination Program CBE: Credit by Exam IB: International Baccalaureate ETS: Education Testing Services ACT: American College Testing

Testing

PSAT: Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test SAT: Scholastic Aptitude Test TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign

Language IELTS: International English Language

Testing System GRE: Graduate Record Exam LSAT: Law School Admission Test MCAT: Medical College Admission Test

Email Quickies

ASAP IMHO FWIW BTW IIRC LOL

http://www.magicpub.com/netprimer/acronyms.html

Degrees

AA, AS, AAS BA, BS, BFA BARCH, BMUS, BED MA, MS, MFA MARCH, MED, MBA, MLS PhD, DEd and don’t forget ABD http://www.abbreviations.com/acronyms/DEGREES

has 675 entries.

Office Patter

PEBKAC: problem exists between keyboard and chair

WAIT: why am I talking? CASE: copy and steal everything DAL: ding-a-ling ABC: always be calm!

Random Silliness

UBOA: United Bus Owners of America TLA: Three-letter Acronym FLA: What you do when you run out of

TLA’s DAP: Parents Against Dyslexia AWGTHTGTTA?: Are we going to have

to go through this again? NAA: Not Another Acronym! ICASA: International Campaign Against

Silly Acronyms WLOG: We Love Our Goats

More Sites

www.acronymfinder.com www.abbreviations.com www.acronymsearch.com www.acronyms.silmaril.ie

Acronym Generators

www.all-acronyms.com/special/acronym_generator

www.acromaker.com

www.cs/uoregon.edu/research/paracomp/anym/

Acronymcreator.net

Questions?

Good Luck Out There!!!

GLOT!!!