Acronyms
There are A LOT of acronyms in use at Purdue Global. In case you need a reminder, here's a cheat sheet. Click the links below to easily search for the acronym you are looking for.
A-F
ACBSP
Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs
ADOA
Associate Director of Admissions
ADOC
Assistant Dean of Curriculum
ADOF
Assistant Dean of Faculty
ADOS
Assistant Dean of Students
AGG+
Aggregator Plus (a lead channel)
B2B
Business-to-Business
BSIT
School of Business and IT
BSN
RN-to-Bachelor of Science in Nursing
C&I
Curriculum and Innovations
CCNE
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Association
CDR
Cohort Default Rate
CJ
Criminal Justice
CLA
Course Level Assessment
CLOA
Clinical Leave of Absence
CLS
Concord Law School
CMS
Content Management System
COC
Code of Conduct
CTL
Center for Teaching and Learning
D2L
Desire 2 Learn - the makers of Brightspace
see LMS
DNP
Doctor of Nursing Practice
DOA
Director of Admissions
DoED or ED
U.S. Department of Education
EOT
End of Term
EOTD
End of Term Drop
ET
ExcelTrack™
FA
Financial Aid (also known as TIV, or Title IV)
FERPA
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FTA
Full Time Adjunct
G-L
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation (European data privacy rules)
GE
Gainful Employment (Obama-era regulation to publish student outcomes)
GEL
General Education Literacy
GOK
Gift of Knowledge
HLC
Higher Learning Commission
HRBP
Human Resources Business Partner
IAC
(HLC) Institutional Actions Committee
IMHO
In my humble opinion
ISKOR
Shared Values (Integrity, Support, Knowledge, Opportunity, Results)
IVR
Interactive Voice Response
KNA
Kaplan North America
LDA
The last date that a student recorded attendance
LFL
Little Free Library
LOA
Leave of Absence
LMS
Learning Management System
M-R
MBA
Master of Business Administration
MCLA
Minimum Continuing Legal Education
MPA
Master of Public Administation
MSN
Master of Science in Nursing
MSA
Master Services Agreement
MSIT
Master of Science in Information Technology
MSP
Managed Service Provider
NDS
Non-degree seeking
NP
Nurse Practitioner
OPM
Online Program Management
ORS
Office of Returning Students
OSE
Operational Solutions and Excellence
OSS
Office of Student Support
PAA
Purdue Alumni Association
PBL
Project-Based Learning
PC
Professional Competency
PDOG
Purdue Day of Giving
Post
Postenrollment
Pre
Preenrollment
Pre-BSN
Prelicensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing
PWL
Purdue West Lafayette
RN
Registered Nurse
S-Z
S&S
Support and Solutions
SA
Student Accounts (Department that is responsible for processing payments for all students currently enrolled)
SBS
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
SEP
Student Enrollment Portal
SHRM
Society for Human Resource Management
SHS
School of Health Sciences
SME
Subject Matter Expert
SON
School of Nursing
SSC
Student Success Coordinator
SSM
Student Success Manager
SST
Student Success Team (comprised of both SSC and SSM )
TCPA
Telephone Consumer Protection Act (must opt in to be contacted via autodialer)
UGLS
Undergrad Legal Studies