RCC Acronyms and Glossary
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GLOSSARY
A
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| AACC |
American Association of Community Colleges |
| AACRAO |
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers |
| AA/OT |
Associate of Arts/Oregon Transfer Degree |
| AAS |
Associate of Applied Science |
| AAUW |
American Association of University Women |
| AAWCC-Oregon |
American Association of Women in Community Colleges-Oregon |
| AAWCC-RCC |
Local AAWCC Chapter |
| ABE |
Adult Basic Education |
| ABS |
Adult Basic Skills |
| ACA |
Affordable Care Act |
| ACCI |
Alliance for Community College Innovation |
| ACCT |
Association of Community Colleges Trustees |
| ACLS |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ADM |
Average Daily Membership |
| AD-N |
Associate Degree Nursing |
| AGS |
Associate of General Studies Degree |
| AHS |
Ashland High School (high school in Jackson County) |
| AP |
Administrative Procedure |
| ALO |
Accreditation Liaison Officer |
| ARC |
Advocacy and Resource Center |
| AS |
Associate of Science |
| ASE |
Automotive Service Excellence |
| ASCAP |
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publications |
| ACLS |
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (research tool for IR/E) |
| ASGRCC |
Associated Student Government of RCC |
| AS/OT |
Associate of Science/Oregon Transfer Degree |
| ASSET |
Assessment of Skills for Successful Entry and Transfer (Student Placement Exam) |
| ATC |
Academic and Training Council (RCC’s Instructional Services Committee responsible for reviewing and approving programs, course offerings and curriculum) |
| ATD |
Achieving the Dream (a comprehensive non-governmental reform movement for student success) |
| AX |
Application Extender (scanning device) |
B
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| BAT |
Budget Advisory Team (budget planning group) |
| BMCC |
Blue Mountain Community College (one of 17 Oregon Community Colleges) |
| BOLI |
Bureau of Labor and Industries |
| BFHS |
Butte Falls High School (High school in Jackson County) |
C
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| CAFR |
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report |
| CAMAT |
Classified Association and Management Advisory Team (bargaining unit) |
| CAO |
Chief Academic Officer |
| CASAS |
Comprehensive Audit Student Assessment Systems (also see Glossary) |
| CASC |
Curriculum and Academic Standards Committee (RCC's Instructional Services committee responsible for annual review of programs and course offerings, including new, suspended, and terminated offerings) |
| CBA |
Collective Bargaining Agreement |
| CCC |
Chemeketa Community College (one of 17 community colleges in Oregon) |
| CCSSE |
Community College Survey of Student Engagement |
| CE |
Continuing Education |
| CEC |
College Effectiveness Council (RCC’s planning and assessment team) |
| CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
| CEU |
Continuing Education Unit (also see Glossary) |
| CFO |
Chief Financial Officer |
| CG |
Career Guidance (Tuition-free mandatory course (FTFY students) (also see Glossary) |
| CIA |
Council of Instructional Administration (state group of instructional administrators in the state) |
| CIO |
Chief Information Officer |
| CCC |
Clackamas Community College(one of 17 community colleges in Oregon) |
| COCC |
Central Oregon College (one of 17 community colleges in Oregon) |
| CLO |
Content Learning Outcome (also see Glossary) |
| CLSCC |
Clatsop Community College (one of 17 community colleges in Oregon) |
| CMS |
Course Management Software |
| COCC |
Central Oregon Community College (one of 17 community colleges in the state) |
| COP |
Certificate of Participation (financial bond) |
| CPC |
Career Pathways Certificates |
| CHS |
Crater High School (high school in Jackson County |
| CPL |
Credit for Prior Learning (also see Glossary) |
| CRC |
Career Readiness Certificate |
| CRM |
Customer Relation Management |
| CSSA |
College Student Services Administrators ( a state group of student services administrators) |
| CSSO |
Chief Student Services Officer |
| CT |
Customized Training (employer-driving training) |
| CTE |
Career and Technical Education |
| CWE |
Cooperative Work Experience (credits for CWE) |
D
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| DL |
Distance Learning |
| DOE |
Department of Education |
| DOLETA |
Department of Labor Employment Training Administrators |
| DPB |
Diversity Programming Board |
E
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| EBEC |
Esther Bristol Education Center |
| ECEE |
Early Childhood and Elementary Education |
| EEOC |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (federal agency) |
| EMO |
Educacion Un Mundo de Oportunidades (also see Glossary) |
| EMS/EMT |
Emergency Medical Services/ 7Emergency Medical Technician |
| EOC |
Emergency Operations Center |
| EOP |
Emergency Operations Plan |
| EPHS |
Eagle Point High School (high school in Jackson County) |
| ERs |
Eligibility Requirements (NWCCU) (the region’s accreditation authority) |
| ESL |
English as a Second Language |
| ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning System (RogueNet) |
| ERT |
Emergency Response Team |
| E-TEAM |
Executive Team (President’s team: vice presidents, deans, CFO, IR/E, Marketing and Foundation directors) |
F
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| FAFSA |
Free Application for Federal Student Aid |
| FAIR |
Financial Aid Information Request |
| FAMAT |
Faculty Association and Management Advisory Team (faculty bargaining unit) |
| FERPA |
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (confidential rules) |
| FIPSE |
Foundation for Improvement of Postsecondary Education |
| FS |
Faculty Senate |
| FTE |
Full-Time Equivalency (number of students carrying 15 credits, indicating full-time students) |
| FTFY |
First-Time, First Year |
G
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| GE |
General Education |
| GEAR UP |
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (USDOE grant with OSU) |
| GED |
General Education Development (national high school competency exam) |
| GFOA |
Government Finance Officers Association of United States and Canada |
| GIAP |
General Information and Administrative Procedures |
| GPA |
Grade Point Average |
| GPHS |
Grants Pass High School (high school in Josephine County) |
| GSPC |
Government Standards and Practices Commission |
H
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| HC |
Headcount (also see FTE) |
| HEC |
RCC/SOU Higher Education Center (RCC’s shared facility in with SOU in Jackson County) |
| HECC |
Higher Education Coordinating Commission (also see Glossary) |
| HOLA |
Helping Oregon Latinos Advance (also see Glossary) |
| Honorarium |
A nominal payment or gift for professional services provided free of charge. Example, a keynote speaker might be provided a gift as a thank you. |
| HPER |
Health, Physical Education and Recreation |
| HPOG |
Health Professions Occupation Grant |
| HR |
Human Resources |
| HS |
High School |
| HVAC |
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems |
| HVHS |
Hidden Valley High School (high school in Josephine County) |
I
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| ICC |
Associated Students Interclub Council |
| ICS |
Incident Command System (also see Glossary) |
| ICT |
Individualized Career Training |
| ILG |
Instructional Leadership Group |
| IM |
Instructional Media |
| IMP |
Institutional Master Plan |
| IP |
Interactive video/audio delivered over internet. |
| IPEDS |
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (primary source of data for colleges and universities in the U.S.) |
| ILO |
Institutional Learning Outcome (also see Glossary) |
| IM |
Instruction Media |
| Inservice |
College-wide meetings led by the President's office |
| IPEDS |
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| IT3 |
Information Technology Think Tank |
| IV |
Illinois Valley |
| IVBEC |
Illinois Valley Business Entrepreneurial Center |
| IVCDO |
Illinois Valley Community Development Organization |
| IVHS |
Illinois Valley High School (high school in Josephine County |
| IVLC |
Illinois Valley Learning Center (high school in Josephine County) |
J
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| JBAC |
Joint Boards Articulation Committee |
| JTPA |
Job Training and Partnership Act |
K
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| KBB |
Kerby Belt Building |
| KCC |
Klamath Community College (one of 17 community colleges in Oregon) |
L
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| LBCC |
Linn-Benton Community College (one of 17 community colleges in state of Oregon) |
| LCC |
Lane Community College (one of 17 community colleges in state of Oregon) |
| LDA |
Last Date of Attendance |
| LGPI |
Local Government Personnel Institute |
| LTOY |
Less Than One-Year Certificate |
M
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| MHCC |
Mt. Hood Community College (one of 17 community colleges in Oregon) |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
N
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| NACUBO |
National Association of College and University Business Officers |
| NAETF |
National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation |
| NCMPR |
National Council for Marketing and Public Relations |
| NEA |
National Education Association |
| NEO |
New Employee Orientation |
| NMHS |
North Medford High School (Jackson County) |
| NVHS |
North Valley High School (Josephine County |
| NWAC |
Northwest Athletic Conference |
| NWCCU |
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (the regional accreditation authority (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) |
O
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| OAR |
Oregon Administrative Rules |
| OCCA |
Oregon Community College Association (Liaison for Community Colleges and state) |
| OCCC |
Oregon Coast Community College (one of 17 community colleges in Oregon) |
| OCCDLA |
Oregon Community College Distance Learning Association |
| OCCEA |
Oregon Community College Education Association |
| OCCPC |
Oregon Community College Presidents’ Council |
| OCCIR |
Oregon Community Colleges’ Institutional Researchers |
| OCCURS |
Oregon Community College Unified Reporting System (Statewide database) |
| OCHA |
Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement |
| OCR |
Office for Civil Rights |
| OCR |
Optical Character Recognition |
| ODE |
Oregon Department of Education |
| OEA |
Oregon Education Association (State-level union) |
| OEBB |
Oregon Educators Benefits Board |
| OED |
Oregon Employment Department |
| OEIB |
Oregon Education Investment Board |
| OER |
Open Oregon Educational Resources |
| OILD |
Oregon Institute for Leadership Development (State AAWCC Program) |
| OMEP |
Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership |
| OOG |
Oregon Opportunity Grant |
| OPABS |
Oregon Pathways for Adult Basic Skills |
| OPC |
Oregon Community College Presidents Council |
| OPTE |
Oregon Professional Technical Educators |
| ORS |
Oregon Revised Statute |
| OSBA |
Oregon School Board Association |
| OSBDCN |
Oregon Small Business Development Center Network |
| OSEA |
Oregon School Employees Association (for classified employees) |
| OST/IST |
Occupational Skills Training/Individualized Skills Training |
| OSU |
Oregon State University (Home of the Beavers) |
| OT |
Oregon Tech University (formerly OIT) |
| OTM |
Oregon Transfer Module |
| OUS |
Oregon University System |
P
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| PASS |
Proficiency-based Admissions Standard System |
| PAQ |
Position Analysis Questionnaire |
| PCC |
Portland Community College (one of 17 community colleges in Oregon) |
| PGR |
Preliminary Grant Request (Also see Glossary) |
| PHS |
Phoenix High School (Jackson County) |
| PLO |
Program Learning Outcome (also see Glossary) |
| PST |
Professional Skills Training |
R
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| RAPS |
Reimbursement and Purchasing System |
| RCC |
Rogue Community College (one of 17 Community Colleges in Oregon) |
| RCCEA |
Rogue Community College Education Association (Faculty Union) |
| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
| RIF |
Reduction in Force |
| RMT |
Risk Management Team |
| ROI |
Return on Investment |
| RRHS |
Rogue River High School (Jackson County) |
| RVWDC |
Rogue Valley Workforce Development Council |
| RVC |
Riverside Campus (RCC’s Medford Campus) |
| RWC |
Redwood Campus (RCC’s Grants Pass Campus) |
S
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| SBDC |
Small Business Development Center |
| SES |
Student Employment Services |
| SEM |
Strategic Enrollment Management |
| SENSE |
Survey of Entering Student Engagement (also see Glossary) |
| SME |
Society of Manufacturing Engineers |
| SMHS |
South Medford High School (Jackson County) |
| SOESD |
Southern Oregon Educational Service District (representing K-12 in Josephine, Jackson and Klamath Counties) |
| SOHPEC |
Southern Oregon High Performance Enterprise Consortium |
| SORCC |
Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics for veterans) |
| SOREC |
Southern Oregon Regional Employment Compact |
| SOREDI |
Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development, Inc. |
| SOS |
Save our Students (RCC’s student retention tool) |
| SOU |
Southern Oregon University (four year university in Jackson County/Ashland) |
| SSA |
Student Services Assistant (RCC's peer counselors |
| SSI |
Student Survey Instrument (distributed by Noel Levitz) |
| STEM |
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math |
| STEAM |
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math |
| Stipend |
A nominal amount paid to students, interns and trainees to offset basic costs while receiving career training. Example, ASG student volunteers are provided a stipend to offset costs associated with participating. |
| SWOCC |
Southwestern Oregon Community College (one of 17 community colleges in Oregon) |
| SWOT |
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (also see Glossary) |
T
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| TBCC |
Tillamook Bay Community College (one of 17 community colleges in Oregon) |
| TFC |
Tuition and Fees Committee |
| TJC |
The Job Council (community resources for employee development and job placement) |
| TCC |
Tillamook Community College (TCC) (one of 17 community colleges in the state) |
| TRC |
Table Rock Campus (RCC’s White City Campus) |
| TRIO/SSS |
Student Support Services (also see Glossary) |
| TRIO/EOC/TS |
Education Opportunity Centers and Talent Search (also see Glossary) |
| TVCC |
Treasure Valley Community College (one of 17 community colleges in Oregon) |
U
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| UCC |
Umpqua Community College (one of 17 community colleges in Oregon) |
| UO |
University of Oregon (four-year public state university in Eugene Oregon) |
| USDOE |
United States Department of Education |
V
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| VESL |
Vocational English as a Second Language |
| VFA |
Voluntary Framework of Accountability |
W
| ACRONYM |
TRANSLATION |
| WIOA |
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act |
| WIG |
Wildly Important Goal (also known as Core Theme) |
| WDYT® |
“What do you think?” (on-line survey tool for students on instructors) |
Glossary
360-Degree Feedback: A system or process in which employees receive confidential, anonymous feedback from the people they work with including, but not limited to, the employee’s supervisor.
2011 Comprehensive Self-Evaluation: RCC’s most recent, one-year comprehensive self-study under NWCCU’s (accreditation authority) 2010 Standards.
Academic Calendar: Dates for a scheduled period of instruction, which includes registration information and deadlines, beginning and end of term, breaks, and final examinations.
Academic Year: Three eleven-week terms (fall, winter, spring) and one eight-week term (summer)
Achievements: Tangible evidence of results, accomplishments, outcomes.
Adjunct Faculty: Members of the faculty bargaining unit who work more than 20% and less than 60% of a FTE workload, or who are projected to work more than an average of 20% and less than 60% of an FTE workload in any three consecutive qualifying terms.
Advisory/Budget Committee: A committee nominated by the RCC Board of Education with member representatives from Jackson and Josephine counties. These leaders are appointed by the Board to share responsibility in the annual budget process and assist with support of the RCC Mission and Core Themes (HB 2927).
Alpha Zeta Pi: RCC students’ honor society.
American Fact Finder: Then Census Bureau’s online, self-service tool designed to search a variety of populations, economic, geographic, and housing information.
Basecamp: An online project management tool used to collaborate on projects with a team.
Beneficiaries: Stakeholders, consumers, clients, public users, constituencies, or “customers” for whom the organization undertakes activities, or provides programs or services.
Benchmarking: Establishing comparisons of performance, activities, programs, services, processes, and achievement with peer colleges, competitors or leaders from other sections with similar performance issues.
Career Pathway Certificates (CPCs): State-approved programs containing 12-44 credits that acknowledge a specific skill proficiency to help students gain enhanced employment opportunities.
CASAS (Comprehensive Audit Student Assessment Systems) Testing: State-mandated system for assessing learner attainment of essential competencies in a variety of skill areas.
CG-100 (Career Guidance – College Success and Survival for Full-Time, First Time Students): Mandatory career guidance coursework to help students achieve early momentum in their studies.
College Now: A program benefiting high school students who can earn college credit for classes.
Collaboration Metric: Data used to analyze collaboration efforts.
Continuing Education Unit (CEU): A form of recognition given for completion of a unit of training for selected occupational supplementary courses based on time attended. OAR 589-006-050 (15).
Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE): A student survey, conducted biennially. It is coordinated and paid for by the state for benchmarking and other comparative methods.
Core Theme/WIG: A manifestation of the College’s Mission Statement also known at RCC as a WIG wildly important goal).
Core Values: The RCC belief system that outlines behavioral norm, which faculty and staff consistently apply while conducting college business and pursing the college Mission.
Credit for Prior Learning (CPL): A process that allows students to demonstrate undergraduate, college-level knowledge or skill to earn credit for existing classes at RCC.
Course Outline: The document for each credit course containing learning outcomes (CLOs) addressed in each class and the assessment methods used to determine mastery of each outcome. Course syllabi are based on learning outcomes set forth in course outlines.
Data Points: Assessment tool used in strategic planning. See Indicators of Achievement (below).
D4A: Data for postsecondary analysis.
EBSCOhost: An intuitive online research platform used by thousands of organizations and millions of users worldwide.
Educacion Un Mundo de Oportunidades (EMO): An all-day annual conference targeting Hispanic high school juniors and seniors. Average participation includes approximately 200 students.
Environmental Scan: A process that includes a review of key trends/issues (political, social, economic, education, and technological) that pose threats or opportunities, followed by a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) which creates information useful in decision-making.
Excellence in Higher Education (EHE): A Malcolm Baldrige model for assessment processes that inventories, organizes and integrates existing planning and improvement processes. EHE provides a strategy for identifying critical priorities and action plans.
Executive Team (E-team): The president’s leadership team meets weekly. Members include: all three vice presidents (Instructional Services, Student Services and College Services), three instructional services deans, one student services dean and the director (Budget and Finance)/Chief Financial Officer, Accreditation Liaison Officer/Administrative Coordinator (President’s Office), Grants and Planning Coordinator (President’s Office), executive (RCC Foundation) and director (Marketing and Recruitment).
Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC): A 14-member board dedicated to educational achievement beyond high school. The HECC advises Legislators, the Governor, and the Oregon Education Investment Board on higher education policy. It has statutory authority including development of a biennial budget and funding allocations to 17 public community colleges, five private and independent colleges and universities, and private career and trade schools. HECC’s authority also includes new academic programs, allocating the Oregon Opportunity Grants, authorizing degrees proposed by private and out-of-state (distance) providers, licensing private career and trade schools, and overseeing programs for veterans. HECC is supported by a director who supervises the CCWD and Office of Student Access and Completion.
Helping Oregon Latinos Advance (HOLA): A week-long program for Latino students to prepare them for the rigors of the college-level coursework and equip them with fundamental leadership skills.
House Bill 2972 (HB 2972): 1995 legislation creating the procedure for annexation into the existing RCC leading to a larger district that includes Jackson County.
Incident Command System (ICS): A standard, on-scene, all-hazards, incident management process under FEMA that may be used at various federal, state and local organizations for handling a variety of incidents that may require intervention to facilitate safety, save lives, reduce property loss, and/or harm to the environment.
Indicators of Achievement: Measures identified for assessing, documenting, or monitoring organizational outcomes and achievement levels also known as data points. Indicators may include reports, studies, surveys, data, benchmarks, and other evidence that supports measurable outcomes related to various goals and objectives.
Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO): The set of collegiate success dispositions or outcome statements that faculty identified as being key for students at RCC.
Intelliworks™: An all-in-one Constituent Relationship Management software designed specifically for higher education; used initially for recruitment.
Institutional Planning: The myriad of planning processes, tools and indicators of achievement used achieve the Mission, which include but are not limited to the strategic plan, Comprehensive College Master Plan, Emergency Preparedness, program evaluations, faculty and staff evaluations, budget and distance learning plans.
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): The primary source for data on colleges and universities and technical and vocational postsecondary institutions in the United States.
Milestone/Momentum Points: Statewide initiative headed by CCWD for measuring persistence/completion rates.
Mission Statement: A declaration of the College’s unique and fundamental purpose.
National Incident Management System (NIMS): An emergency preparedness system under the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for all levels of government, nongovernmental and private organizations designed to effect seamless teamwork and actions in order to prevent and/or respond to emergency or disaster incidents to save lives and prevent excessive damage to property or the environment. Standards, guidelines and protocols for are published by the Secretary of Homeland Security through the National Integration Center.
Non-credit course: A course that does not offer college credit for completion and cannot be used as part of a credit based degree or certificate program. No assessment of learning generally takes place. (OAR 589- 006-0040 (33)).
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU): The regional accreditation agency responsible for private and public colleges and universities in Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Washington.
Objectives: Concrete, measurable action plans or steps used to initiate new efforts or strengthen ongoing activities to achieve the Mission and WIGs (also known as strategic initiatives in the planning integration model).
Oregon Leadership Institute (OLI): An all-day annual leadership conferences targeting Latino HS juniors/seniors recruited through HOLA.
Oregon Promise: “Free” college credit legislated by Oregon Senate Bill 81. t Oregon’s Capitol which provides a one million dollar appropriation targeted toward tuition payments for students who graduated (or the equivalent) from an Oregon high school no more than six months prior to attending and pursuing a certificate or degree at one of Oregon’s 17 community colleges. It is administered by the Office of Student Access and Completion under the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
Outcomes: Accomplishments, achievements and performance over time relative to its purposes and plans.
Planning: Processes that include establishment and implementation of (1) Mission, Vision, and Values; (2) goals and action plans; and (3) WIGs, objectives, intended outcomes, and indicators of achievement. Planning includes the Mission, comprehensive self-evaluations, and various planning instruments and processes that incorporate information about beneficiaries and constituents, educational offerings, modalities of support, internal and external environments, budget, and other communities of function.
Preliminary Grant Request (PGR): A form developed by the Grants Team to summarize and explore potential grant opportunities. PGRs are reviewed, discussed and approved weekly at Executive Team, as needed.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO): The universe of content outcomes that department faculty agree are necessary for “the next step,” whether it be completion of a set of courses (such as MTH 60, 65, 95), a certificate or degree completion, or transfer. These outcomes are updated as information is integrated from changes in the labor market or from transfer institutions, state agencies, or others.
Programs: Curriculum “chunks” that end in a degree or certificate completion.
RogueNet: An ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system created by an RCC instructor and administrator developed in-house. It has been used by five of the other 16 Oregon community colleges and is sold and managed through RCC. RogueNet maintains all required accounting data for state reporting, but can also support customized local reports.
Save our Students (SOS) Program: An internal student retention program designed to help faculty retain students through a counseling referral options from the second through sixth weeks of each term.
Scrum: A framework for managing teams of three or more who turn their work into actions that can be completed within fixed duration cycles (called "sprints"), track progress, and replan in daily fifteen- minute meetings, to collaborate in delivering workable deliverables for every sprint.
SMART: A commonly used acronym that serves as a reminder in planning processes to assure that goals are: S-Specific; M-Measurable; A-Achievable; R-Realistic; and T-Timely.
Strategic Objectives: Any concrete, measurable action steps related to support of strategic plan goals and Core Theme planning. See “Objectives.”
Strategic Plan: The College’s planning instrument that includes college goals, objectives and intended outcomes that based on the College Mission and tied to the College’s Core Themes.
Student Information System (SIS): A document management system at RCC used to manage and maintain student records pursuant to Oregon Administrative Rule and RCC’s Records Management Policy and Procedure.
Student Satisfaction Survey (SSS): A long-standing student survey instrument known as the Noel- Levitz Student Satisfaction Survey is a biennial assessment of student reactions to various college services.
Student Surveys: For example, see CC Survey of Student Engagement, Student Survey of Entering Student Engagement, Student Satisfaction Survey (Noel Levitz SSS) and Student Evaluation of Instrument.
Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE): A CCWD-mandated student survey instrument that examines college practices and student behaviors in fourth and fifth weeks of the fall term focusing on “front door” experiences. Data can be useful in improving course completion rates and student retention.
TRiO Programs: RCC delivers four grant-funded TRiO programs: Two Student Support Services (SSS) programs (1) at Redwood and one at Riverside campuses, the Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC), and Talent Search (TS). The TRiO label was established when the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) was passed (1968) with three programs: Upward Bound (UB), TS and SSS. UB was created by the Educational Opportunity Act (EOA) (1964). UB helps eligible people and veterans prepare for higher education. TS was created through the HEA (1965) for students in grades 6-12 to assist with understanding of available educational opportunities/options. SSS helps eligible students to stay in college through four-year degree. The Reauthorization Act (1968) transferred UB from Office of Economic Opportunity to HEA. TRiO is currently five programs under one umbrella. The second Reauthorization (1972) created the fourth TRiO program – EOC, which serves displaced or underemployed workers in choosing college and financial aid. The fifth (1986) was the Ronald McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program. McNair program, designed to encourage eligible students to consider teaching careers and prepare for doctoral study.
Vision Statement – A broad description of what the college may look like in the future.
