Glossary

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AAUDE

Association of American Universities Data Exchange

AAUP

American Association of University Professors

ACE

American Council on Education

ACP

Advanced College Project

ACT

American College Test

AED

Academy for Educational Development

AHD

Academic Honors Diploma

AIR

Association for Institutional Research

ALC

Academic Leadership Cabinet (chief IU academic policy group)

AOR

Appropriations Operating Request

API

Academic Program Inventory

APPC

Academic Policy and Procedures Committee (IUPUI only)

AQIP

Academic Quality Improvement Program

ARL

Association of Research Libraries

BCSSE

Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement

Beginners

Degree seeking undergraduate students enrolled in the fall semester that began this semester or began in either of the preceding summer sessions

BLS

Bureau of Labor Statistics

CB

College Board

CGS

Center for Government Studies

Census Date

Date at which enrollments are “frozen” for reporting purposes. Typically reflects the end of the first week of classes and/or the end of the drop/add period for course registrations to allow for full refunds.

CIC

Committee on Institutional Cooperation

CIP Code

Classification of Instructional Program. A six-digit code in the form xx.xxxx that identifies instructional program specialties within educational institutions. More information

Class Standing

The level equivalent with the number of hours completed, i.e. sophomore, senior

Cohort

Federal definition of a cohort used in compliance reporting for retention and graduation rates: A degree-seeking undergraduate who is enrolled in the fall term who either matriculated in that fall term or in any one of the previous summer sessions. A group of individuals having a common factor (such as age or class membership).

Common Data Set (CDS)

This initiative is a collaborative effort among data providers in the higher education community and publishers, such as Peterson’s, U.S. News and World Report and the Thompson Corporation. The Common Data Set is available for each campus of Indiana University and includes information on enrollment and persistence, admissions, transfer, academic offerings, and policies, student life, annual expenses, financial aid, instructional faculty and class size, and degrees conferred.

COPSL

Community Outreach & Partnerships in Service Learning

Core 40

The state of Indiana’s mandated education expectations for high school students. All students who wish to attend public colleges and universities in Indiana must meet the curriculum requirements of Core 40. More information

CSRDE

Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange

CUPA

College & University Personnel Administration

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DE: Distance Education
Degree-Seeking Student: Students enrolled in courses for credit who are recognized by the institution as seeking a degree or formal award.
DFR: Data Feedback Report
DOE: Department of Education
Educational Services Rendered: The services provided to students at our split mission campuses that reflect activity outside of the IU offerings, i.e. State Wide Technology, Purdue teachings.
Equity in Athletics: The Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act requires co-educational institutions of postsecondary education that participate in a Title IV, federal student financial assistance program, and have an intercollegiate athletic program, to prepare an annual report to the Department of Education on athletic participation, staffing, and revenues and expenses, by men’s and women’s teams.
Exclusion: Students who are eliminated from cohort tracking studies for accepted reasons, i.e. death, military service, or total and permanent disability.
Fact Book: The institution’s compendium of facts and figures regarding budget, enrollments, degrees, faculty and staff, facilities, etc.
FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FISAP: Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate.
FTB: Full Time Beginner. The Full Time Beginner is also designated as part of a cohort.
FTE: Full-Time Equivalent Students is a measure derived from the credit loads of students. It can be calculated on a semester or annual basis. For undergraduates, total credits are divided by 15 for the semester measure and 30 for the annual measure. For graduate students (master’s, doctoral, and non-degree), the divisors are 12 for semester and 24 for the annual measure. For graduate-Professional students (medicine, dentistry, physical therapy, optometry), Indiana University uses the undergraduate divisors (15/30) but the Commission for Higher Education employs the graduate divisors (12/24).

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Gift Aid: All aid not requiring repayment, i.e. scholarships and grants.
GRE: Graduate Record Examinations
GRS: Graduation Rate Survey
Heads/Headcount: The count of enrolled students, does not include any duplicates, which is IU specific.
HEOA: Higher Education Opportunity Act
HLC: Higher Learning Commission
IACRAO: Indiana Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
IBJ: Indiana Business Journal
IBRC: Indiana Business Research Center
ICHE: Indiana Commission for Higher Education
ICI: Independent College of Indiana
IER: Instructional Effort Reports
INAIR: Indiana Association for Institutional Research
Institutional Gift Aid: Gift aid under the control of the institution
Intercampus Mobility: Transferring to other campuses within the Indiana University system.
IPAS: Indiana Project for Academic Success
IPDAG: Indiana Public Data Advisory Group
IPEDS: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. A set of key federal surveys which produces the only central national database of enrollment statistics, institutional revenues and expenditures, tuition, faculty salary averages and other key indicators.
IW: Intensive Writing
Level: Refers to the level of the program, i.e. undergraduate, professional, graduate
Matriculant: (NEW) degree seeking student new to IU, change in “career”, i.e. from undergraduate to graduate and professional, while at IU, would be a new matriculant.
MSW: Master of Social Work

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NASULGC: National Association of State Universities & Land Grant Colleges
NCES: National Center for Education Statistics
NPEC: National Postsecondary Education Cooperative
NSC: National Student Clearinghouse
NSF: National Science Foundation
NSSE: National Survey of Student Engagement
OAR: Operating Appropriations Request
PEDS: Professional Education Data Survey
PPA: Program Participation Agreement
Professional Degree: An award in one of the following fields: Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.), Law (L.L.B., J.D.), Medicine (M.D.) or Optometry (O.D.)
PULS: Principals of Undergraduate Learning
Retention: Re-enrollment in Indiana University or receipt of a degree. Also known as persistence.
ROI: Return on Investment
SAM: Student Achievement Measure
SAT: Scholastic Aptitude Test
SCUP: Society for College and University Planning
Special Graduate: Non-degree seeking student enrolled in graduate level courses.
Special Undergraduate: Non-degree seeking student enrolled in undergraduate level courses.
SQL: Structured Query Language
SRTK: Student Right to Know
TRP: Technical Review Panel
VA: Veterans Administration
Veteran’s Benefits: Total benefit under all federal Veteran’s Benefit Programs including VA Contributory Benefits, GI Bill, and Dependent’s Educational Assistance.
VSA: Voluntary System of Accounts
Work Study: Federal program matching employer’ wages.

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