Acronyms Frequently Used
Associations, Agencies, Consortia
| Acronym | Name |
| AAUP | American Association of University Professors |
| ACM | Associated Colleges of the Midwest |
| AIR | Association for Institutional Research |
| AIRUM | Association for Institutional Research-Upper Midwest |
| CUPA-HR | College & University Professional Association-Human Resources |
| ELCA | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
| GLCA | Great Lakes Colleges Association |
| HEDS | Higher Education Data Sharing |
| HERI | Higher Education Research Institute |
| IPEDS | Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System |
| MN-OHE | Minnesota Office of Higher Education |
| MPC | Minnesota Private Colleges |
| MPCRF | Minnesota Private Colleges Research Foundation |
| NCES | National Center for Education Statistics |
| NCHEMS | National Center for Higher Education Management Systems |
Survey and Report Names
| Acronym | Name |
| BCSSE | Beginning College Survey of Student Engagment (NSSE) |
| CIRP | Cooperative Institutional Research Program (HERI) |
| CLA | Collegiate Learning Assessment |
| FSSE | Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) |
| NSSE | National Study of Student Engagement |
Miscellaneous
| Acronym | Name |
| CIP | Classification of Instructional Programs |
St. Olaf College Committees,
Working Groups, Offices etc.
(In particular, those related to the work of IR)
| Acronym | Name |
| ACPB | Academic Computing Policy Board |
| CALL | Collaborative Assessment for Liberal Learning |
| CILA | Center for Innovation in the Liberal Arts |
| CWIS | Campus-Wide Information System Committee |
| GFR | Government and Foundation Relations |
| IIT | Information and Instructional Technologies |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| ISSL | Inquiry in Support of Student Learning |
