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titleAcronyms Commonly Used by the CCC
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   Hearing unfamiliar acronyms in conversation can make one feel like an outsider in a group that routinely uses them.

   Below are some of the abbreviations pertaining to education and organizations which are in common use in the CCC environment.

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CCC

ACRONYMS for the California Community College System

June, 2019

Updates will be added on an ongoing basis!

3CMedia

Formerly CCCSAT

AA

Associate in Arts degree

AA-T

Associate in Arts degree for Transfer (SB1440)

ACBO

Association of Chief Business Officers

ACCJC.

Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

AP

Advanced Placement

ASCCC

Academic Senate for California Community Colleges

ASSIST

Articulation System to Stimulate Inter-institutional Student Transfer

@ONE

Consortium for Technology and Distance Education Training

BOG

Board of Governors

BSI

Basic Skills Initiative

CACCRAO

California Association of Community Colleges Registration & Admissions Officers

CAIR

California Association of Institutional Researchers

CAPED

California Association for Post Secondary Education and Disability

CASBO

California Association of School Business Officials

CAT

CAP

Core Applications Programs (Replaced EPI)

CATESOL

California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

CBO

Chief Business Officers

CBT

Computer Based Training

CCC

California Community Colleges

CCCApply

CCC Admission Application System

CCCCO

California Community College Chancellor’s Office

CCC Confer

California Community College Telephone and Internet Conferencing System

CCCCSD

California Community College Council for Staff Development (4CSD)

CCCT

California Community College Trustees

CCCTC

CCC Technology Center, Hosted at Butte College

CCC Tech Connect

3C Media Solutions, CCC Confer, Online Teaching Conference - Hosted at Palomar College

CCLC

Community College League of California

CCLCCC

Council of Chief Librarians, CCC

CCPRO

Community College Public Relations Organization

CELSA

Combined English Language Skills Assessment

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CEOCCC

Chief Executive Officers of the California Community Colleges

C-ID

Course Identification System

CIO

Chief Instructional Officer

CIOCCC

Chief Instructional Officers of California Community Colleges

CISOA

Chief Information Systems Officers Association

CLEP

College Level Examination Program

CMC3

California Mathematics Council, Community Colleges

CO

Chancellor Office California Community Colleges

COLA

Cost of Living Adjustment

COR

Course Outline of Record

CRLA

College Reading and Learning Association

CSEA

California School Employees Association Labor union

CSSO

Chief Student Services Officers

CSU

California State University

CTE

Career Technical Education

CTO

Chief Technology Officer

CVC

California Virtual Campus

DII

Digital Innovation and Infrastructure  - CCC Chancellor's Office Division

DSP&S

Disabled Students Programs and Services

EAP

Early Assessment Program

EDD

Employment Development Department

EEO

Equal Employment Opportunity

EOPS

Extended Opportunity Programs and Services

ESL

English as a Second Language

ETS

Educational Testing Service

FACCC

Faculty Association of California Community Colleges

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

FDRG

Faculty Discipline Work Groups (of C-ID Project)

LAO

Legislative Analyst's Office

MALDEF

Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund

MIS

Management Information System (CCCCO)

MQ’s

Minimum Qualifications

PERS

Public Employees Retirement System

Q&A

Questions and Answers

RP

Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges

SAC

System Architecture Committee

SAT

Scholastic Aptitude Test

SB

Senate Bill

SIP

Shared Infrastructure Program (Grant)

SSCCC

Student Senate for California Community Colleges

SSSSP

Student Success and Support Program (SSSP) (formerly Matriculation)

STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

STRS

State Teachers Retirement System

TAP

Technical Assistance Providers

TOEFL

Test of English as a Foreign Language

TRIS

Tech Research Information System

TTAC

Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Committee

TTIP

Telecommunications and Technology Infrastructure Program

UC

University of California (and its branches)

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