Common Acronyms

AAC&U	Association of American Colleges and Universities
AASCU	American Association of State Colleges and Universities
AAC	The College of Arts and Sciences - Academic Affairs Committee
ACALOG	Academic Catalog. Digital academic catalog management system.
CAAC	Indiana State University Faculty Senate Curriculum and Academic Affairs Committee
CAPS	Curriculum Approval Procedures Manual for Undergraduate and Graduate courses and programs (provides guidelines and identifies procedures for the curriculum process)
CAS	College of Arts and Sciences
CEP	Correctional Education Program
CIP	The State of Indiana's list of Academic Degree Programs Inventory.
COGNOS	A reporting tool for Academic Management Reports.
CUR	Council on Undergraduate Research
EAP	Executive, Administrative, and Professional classification (one of three employee groups on campus).
EOS	End of Semester
FTE	Full time equivalent (may be used to refer to a student or to an employee).
LAPS	Literary, Artistic, and Philosophical Studies. Literature and public life liberal studies core area definitions and course listings
LEAP	Liberal Education and America's Promise. A ten-year old advocacy and campus action campaign to expand the understanding of the importance of liberal education on campus.
NSSE	National Survey of Student Engagement. ISU data is compared with national data. http://irt2.indstate.edu/ir/
OSPIRE	Office of Strategic Planning, Institutional Research and Testing http://irt2.indstate.edu/ir/
OTO	One Time Only pay form
Project PRE	Partnering to Reform Education is the $4.91 million dollar grant we received from the Department of Education to reform teacher education.
PDS	Professional Development Schools. A concept which replaced the lab school. K-12 Schools that have agreed to "join" us sign a contract, receive money and expert advise, and host our students for early field experiences. Our PDS partnership is national award winning.
SOGS	School of Graduate Studies
SCH	Student Credit Hour (one student enrolled in one credit hour).
SPF	Special Purpose Faculty (formerly one-year temporary appointment faculty).
TAFFY	Task Force on First Year Membership
URC	University Research Committee