Department Head and Directors Toolkit

Department Head and Directors Toolkit

Acronyms

Acronym	Full Name
AABI	Aviation Accreditation Board International
AAM	American Association of Museums Accreditation Commission
AAVLD	American Association of Veterinary Lab Diagnosticians
ABET	Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology
ACEJMC	Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
ACEND	Accreditation Council for the Education of Nutrition and Dietetics
ACPE	Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
ACPHA	Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration
ADRDL	Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory
AES	Agricultural Experiment Station
AIECC	American Indian Education and Cultural Center
APLU	Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (formerly known as NASULGC [National Association of State Universities and Land-grant Colleges])
ARW	Animal Resource Wing
ASABE	American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
ASBMB	American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
ASHP	American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
BOR	South ��ֱ�� Board of Regents
CAATE	Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education
CACREP	Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
CAEP	Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (formerly National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education [NCATE])
CCNE	Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
CES	Cooperative Extension Service (currently known as Extension)
CIDA	Council for Interior Design Accreditation
CIP Codes	Classification of Instructional Programs produced by the National Center for Education Statistics
CoAES	Commission on Accreditation for the Exercise Sciences
CoPI	Co-Principal Investigator
CORE	Council on Rehabilitation Education
CPETE	Center for Professional Enrichment and Teaching Excellence
CSA	Civil Service Employee
CV	Curriculum Vitae
D2L	Desire2Learn Course Management System
EHS	Environmental Health and Safety
EEOC	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Extension	Extension (formerly known as Cooperative Extension Service [CES]). Now to include all outreach programs
FAR	Faculty Annual Review (formerly known as the PSE)
FTE	Full Time Equivalent
FSC	Fund Source Change
HLC	North Central Association Higher Learning Commission
HR	Human Resources
IACUC	Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IAMCOM	Institutional Agreement Management Committee
ICA	Intercollegiate Athletics
IDEA	Individual Development and Educational Assessment (Center in Kansas)
IDEA-CL	Individual Development and Education Assessment Campus Labs
IDEA-SRI	Individual Development and Education Assessment Student Ratings of Instruction
MLS	Medical Laboratory Science
NAACLS	National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
NAEYC	National Association for Education of Young Children
NASM	National Association of Schools of Music
NASULGC	National Association of State Universities and Land-grant College (currently known as APLU)
NFE	Non-Faculty Exempt Employees (sometimes referred to as Professional Staff)
NIH	National Institutes of Health
NSF	National Science Foundation
ORSP	Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
PAR	Personnel Action Request
PDP	Professional Development Plan
PI	Principal Investigator
PTR	Post-Tenure Review
SDCL	South ��ֱ�� Codified Laws
SDRS	South ��ֱ�� Retirement System
SDSU	South ��ֱ�� State University
SI	Supplemental Instruction
SoTL	Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
SRM	Society for Range Management
T&P	Tenure & Promotion
TRiO	TRiO Student Support Services
TTO	Technology Transfer Office
USDA	United States Department of Agriculture
VPAA	Vice President for Academic Affairs
VPSA	Vice President for Student Affairs

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*Graduate assistantships, fellowships and trainee programs are handled by the specific academic department or program involved. Please contact the department to which you will apply directly to learn about the funding resources they have available.