Self-Study Report A Acronym Help Contents | A | B | C | D | E | | F | G | H | I | J | | K | L | M | N | O | | P | Q | R | S | T | | U | V | W | X | Y | | Z |	A AAC&U American Association of Colleges and Universities AACSB American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business AASCU American Association of State Colleges and Universities ABET Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ACS American Chemical Society ACT American College of Testing ACUS AT&T College and University Solutions ADDOC AFSCME American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees AISES American Indian Science and Engineering Society APEX ASCE ASF assignable square feet AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Inc. ATLAS B BANNER® MTU’s Administrative Records Database (BANNER is a registered trademark of SCT Corporation.) BID Basic Institutional Data forms BSA Black Student Association BSE Bachelor of Science in Engineering BSS Bachelor of Science in Surveying BYO bring-your-own C C2E2 Century II Endowment Equipment CAC Computer Advisory Committee CAS Council for the Advancement of Standards CAFR Combined Annual Finance Report CEC Computer Executive Committee CenCITT Center for Clean Industrial and Treatment Technologies CFO Chief Financial Officer CIEE Council on International Education Exchange CTLFD Center for Teaching, Learning, and Faculty Development E EDS Electronic Display System EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EISI Endeavor Information System, Inc. EPA Environmental Protection Agency ESI Education Support Institute ESL English as a Second Language (programs) ETS Educational Technology Services EUP Extended University Programs F FTE full-time equivalent/employee FTEF full-time-equivalent faculty FYES fiscal-year-equivalent student G GA graduate assistant (or assistantship) GEM Groundwater Education in Michigan GIR General Institutional Requirements GMAT Graduate Management Admissions Test GPA grade point average GRA graduate research assistant (or assistantship) GRE Graduate Records Exam GSC Graduate Student Council GSF gross square feet GTA graduate teaching assistant (or assistantship) H HR Human Resources I IIE Institute for International Education IPEDS Integrated Postsecondary Educational Data System IPO Intellectual Property Office ISDN industry standard data network ISEP International Student Exchange Program IT Information Technology IWR Institute for Wood Research J JRVP J. Robert Van Pelt (Library) K KAIST Korea Advanced institute of Science and Technology L LLP limited liability partnership M MITN Michigan Information Technology Network MPTF Minority Programs Task Force MSPS Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors MSPSER Michigan State Public Service Employees Retirement (Fund) MTSF Michigan Tech Student Foundation MTU Michigan Technological University MUB Memorial Union Building N NCA North-Central Association of Colleges and Schools NCA-CIHE NCA Commission on Institutions of Higher Education NCAA National Collegiate Athletics Association NCBI National Coalition Building Institute NIH National Institutes of Health NOC Network Operations Center NSBE National Society of Black Engineers NSE National Student Exchange NSF National Science Foundation NTU National Technological University O ODK Omicron Delta Kappa OIP Office of International Programs ORAU Oak Ridge Associated Universities P PAL Peer Academic Leader PCD Presidential Commission on Diversity PCW Presidential Commission for Women PI principal investigator POA Police Officers Association PPO Preferred Provider Organization R R&D research and Development REF Research Excellence Fund RISE Retention Initiative in Science and Engineering ROTC Reserve Officer Training Corps RTF Retention Task Force S SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SAS Systems Administration Service SAF Society of American Foresters SBIR Small Business Innovative Research SCOLA Satellite Communications for Learning SDC Student Development Complex SS&E supplies, services, and equipment SWOT strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats T TA teaching assistant (or assistantship) TIAA-CREF Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund TCP/IP telecommunications protocols/Internet protocol TIP Training Improves Productivity (teams) TQE Total Quality Education c UAW United Auto Workers UK United Kingdom USDA United States Department of Agriculture USFS United states Forest Service USG Undergraduate Student Government W WICHE Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education WWW world wide web Last Revised: 10 OCTOBER 1997 http://www.admin.mtu.edu/admin/nca/report/ch7/ch7p1.htm © 1997. Michigan Technological University. All Rights Reserved. Send comments and questions about this page to nca-comments@mtu.edu.