Glossary
 A Team- TQE team made up of divisional personnel
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- AAMA
- American Association of Medical Assistants
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- AAS
- Associate of Applied Science
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- AAT
- Associate of Applied Technology
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- Ability to Benefit
- Students who lack a high school diploma or GED and want
to enroll in college may be eligible to do so if they pass
a federally regulated Ability to Benefit (ATB) test.
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- Action Plan
- A plan used to organize a task or project
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- ADA
- Americans with Disabilities Act
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- AICPA
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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- ASCP
- American Society of Clinical Pathologist
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- ASSET
- Admissions Examination
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- ASMT
- American Society of Medical Technologists
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- Associate Degree
- A post-secondary, two year collegiate award
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- ATB
Ability to Benefit
- BANNER
- Student Records Software System
- BOR
- The University System of Georgia's Board of Regents (BOR)
oversees 34 institutions: four research universities, 2
regional universities, 13 state universities, 2 state colleges,
and 13 two-year colleges.
- CAAHEP
- Committee on Accreditation for Allied Health Education
Programs
- CEO
- Chief Executive Officer
- COC
- Commission on Colleges of SACS (Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools)
- COE
- Council on Occupational Education
- DFCS
- Department of Family and Children Services
- DHR
- Department of Human Resources
- DHS
- Department of Human Services
- Diploma Program
- An academic award granted at the successful conclusion
of secondary level work.
- DOAS
- Department of Administrative Services
- DOL
- Department of Labor
- DOT
- Department of Transportation
- DRS
- Department of Rehabilitation Services
- DTAE
- The Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education
oversees the state's system of technical colleges, the adult
literacy program, and a host of economic and workforce development
programs.
- EMT
- Emergency Medical Technology
- FACS
- Financial Accounting Control system
- FAFSA
- Free Application for Federal Student Aid
- FERPA
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
- FY
- Fiscal Year
- GALILEO
- Georgia Library Learning Online
- GCIS
- Georgia Career Information System
- GED
- General Educational Development
- GIFS
- Georgia Integrated Financial system
- GOAL
- Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership
- Goal
- A statement of achievement, accomplishment or attainment
that one proposes to reach over time.
- GPA
- Grade Point Average
- GPNA
- Georgia Practical Nursing Association
- GSAMS
- The Georgia Statewide Academic and Medical System
- GSBOC
- Georgia State Board of Cosmetology
- GSL
- Guaranteed Student Loan
- GVTI
- Georgia Virtual Technical Institute
- HEROES
- Having Equity Resources and Opportunities Equals success
- HOPE
- Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (State Grant)
- IER
- Institutional Effectiveness Review
- IES
- Institutional effectiveness System
- IPEDS
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
The completion of all IPEDS surveys, in a timely and accurate
manner, is mandatory for all institutions that participate
or are applicants for participation in any Federal financial
assistance program authorized by Title IV of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended. The completion of the
surveys is mandated by 20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(17).
- JTPA
- Job Training and Partnership Act
- Mission
- The purpose for which the entity is established.
- MSCE
- Microsoft Certified Network Engineering
- NAACLS
- National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
- NV-THS
- National Vocational Honor Society
- Objective
- A statement for the desired result to be achieved under
specified conditions (what, under what conditions, and how
well).
- PACS
- Personnel Accounting Control System
- PAR
- Performance Accountability Review
- PAS
- Performance Accountability System
- PAT
- Project Action Team. A temporary TQE team appointed to
carry out a specific project design.
- PIT
- Process Improvement Team. TQE team made up of personnel
working on an institutional process, function or procedure.
- PROPS
- Property Management System
- Q+
- New term for TQE
- QBE
- Quality Basic Education Act
- QIC
- Quality Improvement Council
- SACS
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
- SBTAE
- State Board of Technical and Adult Education
- SEOG
- Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant
- Service Area
- CGTC's eight county (Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe,
Putnam, Twiggs, Wilkinson) influence and DTAE prescribed
recruiting area.
- SIG
- Student Incentive Grant
- Technical Certificate Program
- An award given for the completion of a coherent grouping
of courses taken from any state approved post-secondary
standard curriculum. It must be at least 15-quarter hours
in length and may not exceed 59-quarter credit hours.
- TQE
- Total Quality Education
- Values
- The shared beliefs of the employees of an organization.
- WWW
- World Wide Web
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