CSULB has its own vocabulary. The following list defines the
most commonly used terms and acronyms.
| ACS |
Academic
Computing Services |
| A&R |
Admissions
and Records |
| ASI |
Associated
Students, Inc. |
| CalPERS |
California
Public Employees Retirement System. |
| CBA |
Collective
Bargaining Agreement (informally referred to as contract) |
| CDC |
Career
Development Center |
| CED |
College
of Education |
| CFA |
California
Faculty Association. The exclusive bargaining representative of the
CSU Bargaining Unit 3.
|
| CHHS |
College
of Health and Human Services |
| CIE |
Center
for International Education |
| CLA |
College
of Liberal Arts |
| CNSM |
College
of Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
| COE |
College
of Engineering |
| COTA |
College
of The Arts |
| THE CONTRACT |
The Memorandum
of Understanding that sets out the agreement between the CSU Board of
Trustees and the California Faculty Association. Wages, hours of employment,
and terms and conditions of employment are reported. |
| CSEA |
California
State Employee Association. |
| CSLC |
Community
Service Learning Center |
| CSU |
California
State University |
| CSULB |
California
State University, Long Beach |
| CTA |
California
Teachers Association. Represents K-14 teachers and faculty. |
| DIP |
Difference
in Pay Leave |
| EES |
Educational
Equity Services. There are two primary services in EES:
1. Educational
Oppurtunity Program (EOP)
2. Student
Support Services Program (SSSP)
|
| ELM |
Entry-Level Mathematics Test, taken by new undergraduates
if their math SAT scores were below 550. |
| EPC |
Educational
Policies Council. A standing committee of the Academic Senate responsible
for curriculum and program review and policies. |
| EPT |
English Placement Test. Exam taken by new undergraduates if
their verbal SAT scores were below 550 |
| FERP |
Faculty
Early Retirement Program |
| FPPC |
Faculty
Personnel Policy Committee. This is a Standing Committee of the Academic
Senate that examines policies affecting personnel. |
| FTES |
Full-time equivalent student |
| FTEF |
Full-time equivalent faculty |
| GE |
General
Education Requirements (A minimum of 51 units of GE classes must be
completed for a baccalaureate degree at CSULB). |
| GSI |
General
Salary Increase. Across-the-board, or cost-of-living (COLA) increase. |
| GTAs |
Graduate Teaching Assistants. They are not in Bargaining Unit
3. They are graduate students who teach classes in their fields of interest,
often required as part of their course study. |
| GWAR |
Graduate Writing Requirement Assessment. The CSU mandates
that all students must demonstrate writing proficiency in order to graduate.
At CSULB, the GWAR is the WPE (see below). |
| IVR |
Interactive
Voice Response. It is a campus telephone system for student self-service
options. |
| LECTURER |
Term used for both full-time temporary and part-time temporary
faculty in the CSU. |
| LAC |
Learning
Assistance Center. This center provides additional help to all university
students for any aspect of their studies. |
| LIB |
University
Library |
| MOU |
Memorandum
of Understanding |
| PAF |
Personnel Action File. |
| PERB |
Public Employment Relations Board. This is a quasi-judicial
administrative agency charged with administering the collective bargaining
statutes covering employees of California's public schools, colleges, and
universities. |
| PPM |
Physical Plant Management. |
| PRAP Council |
Program
Review Academic Planning Council. |
| PRTB |
Pre-retirement
Reduction in Time-Base. |
| RTP |
Retention,
Tenure, and Promotion. Personnel review procedures for all fulltime
tenure track faculty. |
| SABBATICAL |
A leave of absence with full or partial pay, depending on
the length of the leave, to pursue research or writing activities. |
| SAR |
Student
Academic Records |
| SCAC |
Scholarly
and Creative Activities Committee |
| SFR |
Student Faculty Ratio |
| SOAR |
Student
Orientation, Advising and Registration. A program that provides new
students various services to help them register for classes and get acclimated
to the campus. |
| SSI |
Salary
Step Increase. |
| STARS |
Student Transition and Retention Services. It is a part of
the SOAR Program |
| TOEFL |
Test of English as a Foreign Language. A qualifying exam taken
by students whose prior education was not principally in English. |
| UAM |
University
Art Museum |
| UCES |
College of Continuing and Professional Education |
| UNIT 3 |
- Bargaining unit for CSU Faculty, librarians, counselors and coaches.
CFA is the
- exclusive bargaining representative for Unit 3.
|
| USU |
University
Student Union |
| WRC |
Women's
Resource Center |
| WRL |
Writers
Resource Lab. The lab provides individual tutoring assistance for all
university students to help them develop as writers. |
| WTU |
Weighted teaching units. A full time faculty load is 12 units
of coursework and 3 units of advising and service. |
