The Provost's Office: An Informal History
Appendix Two: Commonly Used Abbreviations
AAUP: American
Association of University Professors
AAUW: American Association of University Women
ACE: American Council on Education
AI: Admissions Index
AID: Agency for International Development
BA or B.S.: Bachelor of Arts and Science Degrees
BHE: Board of Higher Education
BOG: Board of Governors
BOT: Board of Trustees
CALS: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
CCC: Courses and Curriculum Committee
CEEB: College Entrance Examination Board
CHASS: College of Humanities and Social Sciences
CLEP: College Level Examination Program
CQI: Continuous Quality Improvement
CO-OP: Cooperative Education Program
CR: A grade of credit for a course. Most often for credit by exam or
advanced placement. Also the same as a grade of P or passing.
CRC: Cooperating Raleigh Colleges
DVM: Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine
ECU: East Carolina University
EEOC: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EPA: Personnel Exempt from the Personnel Act
FSU: Fayetteville State University
FTE: Full time equivalent
GPA: Grade Point Average
IR: Institutional Research
HEW: Health Education and Welfare
MITE: Minorities in Technical Education
MA and MS: Master of Arts and Science Degrees
MEAS: Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
MWF: Monday, Wednesday and Friday Classes
NASULGC: National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
NC: Grade of no credit means a failing grade
N.C.: North Carolina
NCASCU: North Carolina Association of Colleges and Universities
NCA&T: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
NCSC or NCSU: North Carolina State College or University
NCTF: North Carolina Textile Foundation
NIH: National Institutes of Health
NSF: National Science Foundation
PC: Personal Computer
PAMS or PSAM: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
PE: Physical Education Department or Courses
PGA: Predicted Grade Point Average
PhD: Doctorate of Philosophy Degree
QPA: Quality Point Average
QPD: Quality Point Deficiency
RA: Research Assistant
RTI: Research Triangle Institute
SAT: Scholastic Aptitude Test
SLA: School of Liberal Arts
SPA: Personnel Subject to the State Personnel Act
SALS: School of Agriculture and Life Sciences
SHASS: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
SREB: Southern Regional Education Board
TA: Teaching Assistant
TRLN: Triangle Research Libraries Network
TTh: Tuesday and Thursday Classes
TTS: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Classes
TUCC: Triangle Universities Computing Consortium
TUCASI: Triangle Universities Consortium for Advanced Studies Incorporated
UNC: University of North Carolina
UNC-CH: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
UNC-G: University of North Carolina at Greensboro
UNC-W: University of North Carolina at Wilmington
UNI.: Division of University Studies and Now Multidisciplinary Studies
UPA: University Planning and Analysis
UPGA: University Predicted Grade Point Average
US: University Studies later called Multidisciplinary Studies
USACC: University Systems Analysis and Control Center
UUP: University Undesignated Program
VC: Vice Chancellor
VP: Vice President
WCU: Western Carolina University
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