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A Glossary of Union Institute & University Terminology and Acronyms

Union Institute & University has a unique vocabulary that describes what we do and how we do it. For example, we have "learners," not students. Our graduate learners write a "Project Demonstrating Excellence," or PDE, instead of a dissertation. These terms and their definitions provide one way to understand the operational procedures of the Union.

If the term has specific scope (CUS, GC, etc.) it is shown after the term preceded with a " - ". If the term has an acronym it will be listed in parenthesis. Click on a term to learn more about it.

403(b) Academic Learning Center Academic Progress and Review Committee (APRC)
Administrative Review Affirmative Action Office (AAO) American Council on Education (ACE)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Area of Concentration  (A OF C) As400
Asynchronous Learning Binding Blue Books
Cal Grant (CAG) Certification Documents Certification Meeting
Challenge Examination Collaboration, Cooperation, Communication Committee (3 C COMMITTEE) College of Undergraduate Studies (CUS)
College Writing - CUS (CW) College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) Colloquium
Committee Forms Concepts of Adult Learning - CUS (CAL) Consultant
Core Core Load Report Course Description
Culture and Thought - CUS (CAT) Dante’s DD 214
Dean’s Review Dean's Desk Deferment
Degree Plan Distance Learning Doctoral Committee
Documentation DSST Entry Colloquium
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Expected Family Contribution (EFC) Extended Illness Income Protection (EIIP)
Faculty Appointments and Status Committee (FASC) Faculty Evaluations Faculty Expenses
Faculty Lists Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Final Degree Meeting - GC
Final Degree Review Committee Meeting - CUS (FDRC) Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
General Education Requirements Grade Option Graduate College (GC)
Graduation Documents Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities (GCCCU) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
Income Protection (IP) Initial Degree Review Committee (IDRC) Institutional Student Aid Report (ISAR)
Interim Leave Internal Institution Council (IIC) Internship
Learner Learning Agreement (LA) Learning Center
Learning Evaluation (LE) Learning Experience Learning Results
Lower Level Courses (LL) Matriculation Meeting Approvals
Narrative Transcript North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) Office of New Program Planning and Development (ONPPD)
Ohio Instructional Grant (OIG) Orientation - CUS Peer
Peer Day Pell Grant Performance Evaluation (PE)
Pre-Graduation Meeting Pre-Graduation Packet President's Letter
Prior Experiential Learning (PEL) Prior Learning Prior Learning Assessment (PLA)
Prior Transcripted Courses (PT) Program Assessment Program Completion Extension (PCX)
Program Status Reports Program Summary Project Demonstrating Excellence  (PDE)
Promissory Note Registration - CUS Required Courses
Research Engine Residency Requirement Satisfactory academic progress (SAP)
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory  (S/U) Second Core Reader Self-Directed Learning (SDL)
Semester Semester Credits Seminar
Seminar Catalog - GC Senior Project (SP) Senior Project Proposal (SPP)
Sponsored Course (SP) Sponsored Learning (SL) Standards of Progress
State Board of Independent Colleges & Universities (SBICU) Summary Transcript Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)
Synchronous Learning Transfer Credit Evaluation (TCE) Transient Learner
Tui Umi Union for Research and Experimentation in Higher Education (UREHE)
Union Graduate School (UGS) Union Institute & University (UI&U) Union of Experimenting Colleges and Universities (UECU)
United Teachers of Dade (UTD) Upper Level Courses (UL) Veterans Administration (VA)
Waiver Writing and Research - CUS (WAR)  

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