| Glossary and Acronym List |
| ACES | Annual Celebration of Excellence by Students | ||
| ACT | American College Testing exam | ||
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act | ||
| AFA | Architecture and Fine Arts Library | ||
| ALCEP | Academic Library Collection Enhancement Program | ||
| AP | Advanced Placement | ||
| ARRI | Automaation and Robotics Reserach Institute | ||
| ASE | Advanced Standing Exam | ||
| Assessment | Processes to identify, collect, use, and prepare data that can be used to evaluate achievement. Assessment and evaluation are often confused, but assessment precedes evaluation. | ||
| BCCJ | Bachelor's Completion Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice | ||
| CBM001 (Enrollment Report) | This report to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board reflects all academic and professional students enrolled as of the official census date of a given semester. | ||
| CBM004 (Credit Hour Class Report) | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) Management Report (CBM) Credit Hour Class Report | ||
| CBM008 (Faculty Report) | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) Management Report (CBM) Faculty Report | ||
| CBM009 (Graduation Report) | This report to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board includes all degrees that have been awarded to students during the fiscal year (Sept.1-Aug.31). | ||
| CCJO | Criminology and Criminal Justice Online | ||
| CCR | Compliance Certification Report | ||
| CDE | Center for Distance Education | ||
| CE | Continuing Education | ||
| CEU | Continuing Education Unit | ||
| CIP | Classification of Instructional Programs | ||
| CLEP | College-Level Examination Program | ||
| CLT | College Learning Team | ||
| COC | Commission on Colleges | ||
| CPT | Computer Proficiency Test | ||
| DANTES | Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support | ||
| DMS | Digital Media Studio | ||
| DSST | DANTES Subject Standardized Tests | ||
| EID | Electronic Identification | ||
| Evaluation | Process of reviewing the results of data collection and analysis (i.e., assessment) and making a determination of the value of findings and action to be taken. Evaluation and assessment are often confused, but assessment precedes evaluation. | ||
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Question | ||
| FERPA | Family Education Privacy and Rights Act | ||
| FIG | Freshman Interest Group | ||
| FTE | Full-time Equivalent | ||
| FY | Fiscal Year | ||
| GIS | Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Goals | Broad statements about what the organizational unit is trying to accomplish to meet its mission (including major issues that are faced). The goal statements are general few in number and describe the primary things that the unit is trying to accomplish. | ||
| GPA | Student Grade Point Average | ||
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | ||
| HOP | Handbook of Operating Procedures | ||
| HPC | High Performance Computing | ||
| IBE | International Baccalaureate Examination | ||
| ID | Identification | ||
| IDEAR | Inter-Institutional Distance Education Admissions and Registration | ||
| IL | Information Literacy | ||
| ILLIAD | OCLC ILLiad Resource Sharing Management Software helps you automate routine interlibrary loan functions, | ||
| IMAP | Information Management and Acquistions Policies | ||
| IPC | Intellectual Property Committee | ||
| IPEDS | Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System | ||
| IS | Information Services | ||
| LCD | Library Collections Depository | ||
| LEARN | Lonestar Education and Research Network | ||
| LMT | Library Management Team | ||
| MOAR | Maverick Orientation, Advising and Registration | ||
| NASPA | National Association of Student Personnel Administrators | ||
| NLR | National LambdaRail | ||
| NSSE | National Survey of Student Engagement | ||
| OCLC | Online Computer Literacy Center | ||
| OFA | Office of Finance and Administration | ||
| OIT | Office of Information Technology | ||
| OSD | Office for Students with Disabilities | ||
| PASS | Providing Academic Student Services | ||
| PRT | Program Review Team | ||
| QEP | Quality Enhancement Process | ||
| RRR | Reading Resources Room | ||
| SACS | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools | ||
| SAT | Scholastic Aptitude Test | ||
| SEL | Science and Engineering Library | ||
| SI | Supplemental Instruction | ||
| SOAR | Students Obtaining Academic Readiness | ||
| SPSS | Statistical Package for the Social Sciences | ||
| SWOT | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats Analysis | ||
| THECB | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | ||
| TILT | Texas Information Literacy Tutorial | ||
| UEP | Unit Effectiveness Process | ||
| UPS | University Profile System | ||
| UT | University of Texas | ||
| UTA | University of Texas at Arlington | ||
| UTA EX.C.E.L | The University of Texas at Arlington Excellence in Campus Traditions, Entertainment & Arts, and Lectures & Debates Campus Activities, hereafter referred to as EX.C.E.L. | ||
| UTACC | University of Texas at Arlington Computing Center | ||
| UTAFW | UT Arlington/Fort Worth Higher Education Center | ||
| UTAPD | University of Texas at Arlington Police Department | ||
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