Faculty Council of Community Colleges Jargon
Every entity has its own language that may be confusing to people outside the organization. Higher Education is no exception. The following list of acronyms is provided as a way of clarifying some of this jargon.
| AACC |
American Association of Community Colleges |
JCTA |
Joint Committee on Transfer and Articulation/Student Mobility |
| AAC&U |
Association of American Colleges and Universities |
MR I |
Mission Review I |
| ABOR |
Academic Bill of Rights |
MR II |
Mission Review II |
| ACE |
American Council of Education |
MSCHE |
Middle States Commission on Higher Education |
| ACGE |
Advisory Council on General Education (formerly PACGE) |
NACEP |
National Alliance for Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships |
| ACTS |
Academic Course Transfer Site |
NCAT |
National Center for Academic Transformation |
| ACCT |
Association of Community College Trustees |
NYCCAP |
New York Community College Association of Presidents |
| APPCC |
Association of Presidents of Public Community Colleges (see NYCCAP) |
NYCCT |
New York Community College Trustees |
| BOT |
Board of Trustees |
NYSPHECB |
New York State Public Higher Education Conference |
| CAO |
Chief Academic Officer |
NYSDOL |
New York State Department of Labor |
| CCBAO |
Community College Presidents Assistance Organization |
NYSMATYC |
New York State Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges |
| CCBOA |
Community College Business Officers Association |
NYSTAA |
New York State Transfer and Articulation Association |
| CCSSE |
Community College Survey of Student Engagement |
PACGE |
Provost's Advisory Council on General Education |
| CID |
Conversations in the Disciplines |
PTK |
Phi Theta Kappa |
| CIT |
Conference on Instructional Technology |
SA |
Student Assembly |
| CLA |
Collegiate Learning Assessment |
SCBA |
Strengthened Campus Based Assessment |
| COCID |
Conversations on Computing in the Disciplines |
SED |
State Education Department |
| CUNY |
City University of New York |
SICAS |
Student Information and Campus Administrative Systems |
| CRI |
SUNY - Course Redesign Initiative (See also NCAT) |
SLN |
SUNY Learning Network |
| FACT |
Faculty Access to Computing Technology |
TETT |
Teacher Education Transfer Template |
| GEAR |
General Education Assessment Review |
SUNY |
State University of New York |
| ICCD |
Institute for Community College Development |
UFS |
University Faculty Senate |
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VSA |
Voluntary System of Accountability |
