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Terms of Engagement

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This page offers a quick reference guide that we hope will help and make it easier for faculty, staff, students and other stakeholders, to engage in purposeful dialogue and exchange of ideas affecting the college by having a shared vocabulary across all campuses.  The title Terms of Engagement, we hope, says it all.  Let's all get engaged in lively discussion of concerns and issues.  Here are terms – and what they mean – that you may need to know, or recall in case memory fails you.
 
Let's start with ...
 
Committees
 
Cabinet  – President's Cabinet
 
TOR – Terms of Reference (See also similar term under Academic Matters)
 
 
Organizational units and Positions/Titles
 
ALO – Accreditation Liaison Officer
CRE – Cooperative Research & Extension
DAP – Director of Academic Programs
DCR – Development and Community Relations
DSL – Director of Student Life
FAO – Financial Aid Office
FMI – Fisheries and Maritime Institute
FSS – Faculty/Staff Senate
HR – Human Resources
IRPO – Institutional Research and Planning Office
IT – Information Technology
LRC – Learning Resources Center
MITC – Media and Instructional Technology Center
OAR – Office of Admissions and Records
PBDC – Pohnpei Business Development Center
PTK – Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
SBA – Student Body Association
VPA – Vice President for Administration
VPIEQA – Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Quality Assurance
VPIA – Vice President for Instructional Affairs
VPSSS – Vice President for Student Support Services
YES! – Young Executives Society
 
 
ACCREDITATION
 
ACCJC – Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
WASC – Western Association of Schools and Colleges
TCO – Total Cost of Ownership
 
 
ACADEMIC MATTERS
 
AES – Agricultural Experiment Station
AS – Associate of Science
AAS – Associate of Applied Science
CES – Cooperative Extension Services
DE – Distance Education
FTE – Full Time Equivalent
PHTP – Public Health Training Program
RI – Resident Instruction
TOR – Transcript of Records  (See also similar term under Committees)
TSP – Educational Talent Search Program
TYC – Third-Year Certificate
UB – Upward Bound Program
 
 
HISTORY
 
CCM – Community College of Micronesia
FSM – Federated States of Micronesia
MMFA – Micronesian Maritime and Fisheries Academy
MTEC – Micronesia Teacher Education Center
TTPI – Trust Territory of Pacific Islands
 
 
More coming up....
 
Found errors on this page? Want to see other terms added to the list? Got any suggestions? 
Contact: Rafael Pulmano, Tel. No. (691) 320-2481 Ext. 110, or send email to pulmano@comfsm.fm.

 
 
 
 
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