Commonly used acronyms and terms
Council of Presidents
- BAR (Budget, Accounting & Reporting)
- COP (Council of Presidents)
- ICAO (Interinstitutional Committee of Academic Officers)
- ICAPP (Interinstitutional Committee for Academic Planning)
- ICBO (Interinstitutional Committee of Business Officers)
- ICIR ( Interinstitutional Committee of Institutional Research)
- ICLO (Interinstitutional Committee of Legislative Officers)
- ICORA (Interinstitutional Committee of Registrars and Admissions Officers)
- ICSSO (Interinstitutional Committee of Student Services Officers)
- ICUS (Interinstitutional Committee on Undergraduate Studies)
- IPOC (Interinstitutional Committee of Personnel Officers)
- WHETC (Washington Higher Education Technology Consortium)
Higher Education
- AAS-T (Associate in Applied Science – Transfer)
- ABE (Adult Basic Education)
- ACPL (Academic Credit for Prior Learning)
- AP (Advanced Placement)
- AS-T (Associate in Science – Transfer)
- BI (Baccalaureate Institution)
- BOR (Board of Regents)
- BOT (Board of Trustees)
- CADR (College Academic Distribution Requirements)
- CBS (College Bound Scholarship)
- CI (Cambridge International)
- CiHS (College in the High School)
- CTC (Community and/or Technical College)
- DSA (Data Sharing Agreement)
- DTA (Direct Transfer Agreement)
- FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
- FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
- FTE (Full Time Equivalent)
- GET (Guaranteed Education Tuition)
- IB (International Baccalaureate)
- MOOC (Massively Open Online Course)
- MOU (Memorandum of Understanding)
- MRP (Major Related Program)
- OER (Open Educational Resources)
- PBI (Public Baccalaureate Institution)
- PCHEES (Public Centralized Higher Education Enrollment Statistics)
- PLA (Prior Learning Assessment)
- Provost (Senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education)
- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
- WCG (Washington College Grant)
Organizations
- AACRAO (American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers)
- AAU (Association of American Universities)
- AAUP (American Association of University Professors)
- ACE (American Council on Education)
- AFT (Washington – American Federation of Teachers)
- AACC (American Association of Community Colleges)
- AASCU (American Association of State Colleges and Universities)
- APLU (Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities)
- APSCU (Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities)
- ATC (Articulation and Transfer Council, SBCTC)
- AWSP (Association of Washington School Principles)
- CCW (Career Connect Washington)
- CHEA (Council for Higher Education Accreditation)
- COF (Council of Faculty)
- COPLAC (Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges)
- CPC (College Promise Coalition)
- DOE (U.S. Department of Education)
- ECS (Education Commission of the States)
- ERDC (Education Research and Data Center)
- IC (Instruction Commission, SBCTC)
- ICRC (Intercollege Relations Commission)
- ICW (Independent Colleges of Washington)
- IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System)
- JTC (Joint Transfer Council, formerly JAOG – Joint Access Oversight Group)
- NACEP (National Alliance for Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships)
- NAICU (National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities)
- NASFAA (National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators)
- NCES (National Center for Education Statistics)
- NCSL (National Conference of State Legislatures)
- NWCCU (Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities)
- OFM (Office of Financial Management)
- OSPI (Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction)
- SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium)
- SBCTC (State Board for Community and Technical Colleges)
- SHEEO (State Higher Education Executive Officers)
- UFWS (United Faculty of Washington State)
- WaCLA (Washington Consortium for the Liberal Arts)
- WAPED (Washington Association on Postsecondary Education and Disability)
- WA-SEN (Washington Student Engagement Networks)
- WDVA (Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs)
- WEA (Washington Education Association)
- WCHSCR (Washington Council for High School-College Relations)
- WICHE (Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education)
- WSA (Washington Student Association)
- WSAC (Washington Student Achievement Council)
- WSIPP (Washington State Institute for Public Policy)
- WUE (Western Undergraduate Exchange)
Washington State Legislature
- Campus (Washington State Capitol Campus)
- JAC (John A. Cherberg Building) Senate Hearing Rooms and Representative Offices
- JLARC (Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee)
- JLOB, JOB (John L. O’Brien Building) House of Representative Hearing Rooms and Representative Offices
- LEAP (Legislative Evaluation & Accountability Program Committee)
- Legislative Glossary of Terms
- RCW (Revised Code of Washington [Statute])
- TVW (Washington’s Public Affairs Network)
- WAC (Washington Administrative Code)