AAS

Associate in Applied Science

AASB

Area Student Senate Board

ABE

Adult Basic Education

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act

AQIP

Academic Quality Improvement Program

BPAC

Business Procurement Assistance Center

CBO

Community Based Organizations

CLA

Curriculum, Learning and Assessment Core Committee

COA

Correctional Education Association

COS

Course Outcome Summary

CSI

College Student Inventory

CUTEP

Cooperative Urban Teacher Education Program

DAT

Defense and Arrest Tactics

DOE

Department of Education

ECAM

Center for Energy Conservation and Advanced Manufacturing

ER&D

Education, Resource and Dissemination Office

ESIR

Education, Services, and Institutional Relations Committee

ESL

English as a Second Language

ESM

Educational Services Manual

ESM (cat 1)

Engineers & Scientists of Milwaukee

FERPA

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

FOE

Foundations of Excellence

FTE

The number of full-time equivalencies within the total head count (1 FTE = 30 credit)

FY

Fiscal Year (July 1 – June 30)

GED

General Education Diploma

HC

Head count = the total number of registrants for a fiscal year or term

HLC

Higher Learning Commission

HR

Human Resources

HRDW

Human Resources Data Warehouse

HSED

High School Equivalency Diploma

IC

Instructional Chair

IPEDS

Postsecondary Education Data System of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

IPS

Institutional Priorities Survey

IR

Office of Institutional Research

IT

Information Technology

JOMP

Just One Mentoring Program

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

LEMAP

Loaned Executive Management Assistance Program

MPS

Milwaukee Public Schools

MPTV

Milwaukee Public Television

NACADA

National Academic Advising Association

NCA

North Central Association

NCCBP

National Community College Benchmarking Project

Noel Levitz SSI

Student Satisfaction Inventory

NTO

Non-Traditional Occupations

OACP

Occupational and Academic Currency program

OCL

Office of Corporate Learning

OWL

Online Writing Lab

PACE Survey

Personal Assessment of College Environment

PACE Program

Partners Advancing Career Employment

PLI

Prepared Learner Initiative

PTA3

Plan, Teach, Assess, Analyze, Adjust

QRP

Quality Review Process

QRPDS

Quality Review Process Data System

SACE

Student Assessment of the College Environment

SAS

Student Accommodation Services Department

SOA

Student Outcome Assessment

SS

Student Services

SSDW

Student Services Data Warehouse

UW

University of Wisconsin

UWM

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

WAICU

Wisconsin Association of Independent College & Universities

WIDS

Worldwide Instructional Design System

WLDI

Wisconsin Leadership Development Institute

WTCS

Wisconsin Technical College System

WTCSB

Wisconsin Technical College System Board