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
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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!!!