|
AAI |
Adjusted
Available Income |
|
ACA |
Administrative
Cost Allowance |
|
ACE |
American
Council on Education |
|
ACH/EFT |
Automated
Clearing House/Electronic Funds Transfer |
|
ACT |
American
College Testing Program |
|
ADC |
Aid to
Dependent Children |
|
AFDC |
Aid to
Families with Dependent Children |
|
AGI |
Adjusted
Gross Income |
|
AP |
Advanced
Placement |
|
ATB |
Ability
to Benefit |
|
AY |
Academic
Year or Award Year |
|
BIA |
Bureau of
Indian Affairs |
|
CA |
College
Assistant |
|
CBP |
Campus
Based Programs |
|
CD |
College
Discovery |
|
CEO |
Chief
Executive Officer |
|
CFO |
Chief
Financial Officer |
|
CFR |
Code of
Federal Regulations |
|
CIO |
Chief
Information Officer |
|
CLEP |
College-Level
Examination Program |
|
COA |
Cost of
Attendance |
|
C.O.A. |
CUNY
Office Assistant |
|
COO |
Chief
Operating Officer |
|
COTR |
Contracting
Officer's Technical Representative |
|
CPS |
Central
Processing System |
|
CSLP |
Community
Service Learning Program |
|
CSR |
Customer
Service Representative |
|
CSS |
College
Scholarship Service |
|
CST |
Customer
Service Team |
|
CSTF |
Customer
Service Task Force |
|
CUNY |
City
University of New York |
|
CUPS |
City
University Personnel System ( CUNY) |
|
CWS |
College
Work-Study |
|
DCL |
Direct
Consolidation Loan |
|
DCL |
Dear
Partner (Colleague) Letter (USDE) |
|
DCS |
Debt
Collection Service |
|
DEAP |
Dependent
Educational Assistance Program (VA) |
|
DL |
Direct
Loan |
|
DLSC |
Direct
Loan Servicing Center |
|
DOE |
Department
of Education |
|
DRN |
Data
Release Number |
|
DUNS |
Data
Universal Numbering System |
|
DVA |
Department
of Veterans Affairs |
|
EAC |
Electronic
Access Code |
|
EASFAA |
Eastern
Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators |
|
ECAR |
Eligibility
and Certification Approval Report |
|
ED |
US
Department of Education |
|
EDE |
Electronic
Data Exchange |
|
ED/PMS |
Department
of Education Payment Management System (formerly EDPMTS) |
|
EDS |
Electronic
Data Systems |
|
EEOC |
Equal
Employment Opportunity Code |
|
EFAN |
Electronic
Financial Aid Network |
|
EFC |
Expected
Family Contribution |
|
EFN |
Exceptional
Financial Need Scholarship |
|
EFT |
Electronic
Funds Transfer |
|
EIC |
Earned
Income Credit |
|
ELO |
Expanded
Lending Option |
|
ELP |
Emergency
Loan Program |
|
EOP |
Educational
Opportunity Program |
|
EPPV |
Electronic
Processed Payment Voucher |
|
EPV |
Electronic
Payment Voucher |
|
ESA |
Education Savings Account |
|
ESAR |
Electronic
Student Aid Report |
|
ESL |
English
as a Second Language |
|
ESOA |
Electronic
Statement of Account |
|
ETS |
Educational
Testing Service |
|
FA |
Financial
Aid |
|
FAA |
Financial
Aid Administrator |
|
FAF |
Financial
Aid Form (CSS) |
|
FAFSA |
Free
Application for Federal Student Aid |
|
FAO |
Financial
Aid Office |
|
FAT |
Financial
Aid Transcript |
|
FC |
Family
Contribution |
|
FCC |
Federal
Capital Contribution |
|
FDSLP |
Federal
Direct Student Loan Program |
|
FERPA |
Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
|
FFEL |
Federal
Family Education Loan |
|
FFELP |
Federal
Family Education Loan Program |
|
FISAP |
Fiscal
Operations Report and Application for Funds |
|
FISCOP |
Fiscal
Operations Report |
|
FISL |
Federal
Insured Student Loan |
|
FM |
Federal
Methodology |
|
FPL |
Federal
Perkins Loan |
|
FR |
Federal
Register |
|
FSEOG |
Federal
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant |
|
FT |
Full-time |
|
FTB |
First-time
Borrower |
|
FTE |
Full-time
Equivalent |
|
FWS |
Federal
Work-Study Program (formerly College Work-Study) |
|
FY |
Fiscal
Year |
|
GA |
Guaranty
Agency |
|
GAO |
General
Accounting Office |
|
GAO |
Government
Auditing Office |
|
GAS |
Government
Accounting Standards |
|
GEAR-UP |
Gaining
Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduates Program |
|
GPA |
Grade
Point Average |
|
GSL |
Guaranteed
Student Loan |
|
HCC |
Hostos
Community College ( CUNY) |
|
HEA |
Higher
Education Act |
|
HEAL |
Health
Education Assistance Loan Program |
|
HELP |
Hostos
Emergency Loan Program |
|
HEO |
Higher
Education Officer |
|
HESC |
Higher
Education Services Corporation |
|
HHS |
US
Department of Health and Human Services |
|
HPSL |
Health
Profession Student Loan |
|
ICC |
Institutional
Capital Contribution |
|
ICL |
Income
Contingent Loan |
|
IFAP |
Information
for Financial Aid Professionals |
|
IG |
Inspector
General |
|
IM |
Institutional
Methodology |
|
INS |
Immigration
and Naturalization Service |
|
IPA |
Income
Protection Allowance |
|
IRA |
Individual
Retirement Account |
|
IRS |
Internal
Revenue Service |
|
ISIR |
Institutional
Student Information Record |
|
LDS |
Loans for
Disadvantaged Students |
|
LMS |
Library
Management System ( CUNY) |
|
LOA |
Leave of
Absence |
|
LOC |
Loan
Origination Center |
|
LOR |
Loan
Origination Record |
|
MASFAA |
Midwest
Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators |
|
MDE |
Multiple
Data Entry Servicer |
|
MEERS |
Monthly
Electronic Expenditure Reporting |
|
MRR |
Multiple
Reporting Record |
|
NACUBO |
National
Association of College & University Business Officers |
|
NASFAA |
National
Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators |
|
NCAA |
National
College Athletic Association |
|
NCS |
National
Computer Systems |
|
NDSL |
National
Defense/Direct Loan or National Defense Student Loan Program |
|
NHSC |
National
Health Corps Scholarship |
|
NMSQT |
National
Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test |
|
NFS |
Non
Sufficient Funds |
|
NSL |
Nursing
Student Loan |
|
NSLC |
National
Student Loan Clearinghouse |
|
NSLDS |
National
Student Loan Data System |
|
NYSHESC |
New York
State Higher Education Services Corporation |
|
OESE |
Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education |
|
OFA |
Office of
Financial Aid |
|
OIG |
Office of
Inspector General |
|
OPEID |
Office of
Postsecondary Education Identifier |
|
OSFA |
Office of
Student Financial Assistance |
|
OSFAP |
Office of
Student Financial Assistance Programs |
|
OVAE |
Office of
Vocational and Adult Education |
|
PAN |
Payee
Record Number |
|
PC |
Parent
Contribution |
|
PCL |
Primary
Care Loan |
|
PETS |
Pell
Electronic Transfer System |
|
PGRFMS |
Pell
Grant Recipient and Financial Management System |
|
PHEAA |
Pennsylvania
Higher Education Assistance Agency |
|
PIN |
Payee
Identification Number |
|
PIN |
Personal
Identification Number |
|
PJ |
Professional
Judgment |
|
PL |
Public
Law |
|
PLUS |
Parent
Loans for Undergraduate Students |
|
PPA |
Program
Participation Agreement |
|
PT |
Part-time |
|
PTAP |
Part-Time
TAP (see TAP) |
|
PSAT |
Preliminary
Scholastic Assessment Test |
|
PTA |
Parent
Teacher Association |
|
QAP |
Quality
Assurance Program |
|
RA |
Research
Assistantship |
|
RAD |
Renewal
Application Destination |
|
RDE |
Recipient
Data Exchange |
|
RFMS |
Recipient
Financial Management System |
|
ROTC |
Reserve
Officer Training Corps |
|
SAIG |
Student
Aid Internet Gateway |
|
SAP |
Satisfactory
Academic Progress |
|
SAR |
Student
Aid Report |
|
SAT |
Scholastic
Assessment Test |
|
SC |
Student
Contribution |
|
SEOG |
Supplemental
Educational Opportunity Grant (see FSEOG) |
|
SFA |
Student
Financial Aid |
|
SFAP |
Student
Financial Assistance Programs (USDE) |
|
SIMS |
Student
Information Management System ( CUNY) |
|
SLMA |
Student
Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) |
|
SLS |
Supplemental
Loans for Students |
|
SOA |
Statement
of Account |
|
SPS |
Student
Payment Summary |
|
SSA |
Social
Security Administration |
|
SSCR |
Student
Status Confirmation Report |
|
SSI |
Supplemental
Security Income |
|
SSIG |
State
Student Incentive Grant |
|
SSN |
Social
Security Number |
|
SSS |
Selective
Service System |
|
TA |
Teaching
Assistantship |
|
TAP |
Tuition
Assistance Program |
|
TIV
WAN |
Title IV
Wide Area Network |
|
T/L |
Truth-in-Lending |
|
TOEFL |
Test Of
English As A Foreign Language |
|
UAO |
University
Accounting Office ( CUNY) |
|
UAPC |
University
Application Processing Center ( CUNY) |
|
USAF |
United
Student Aid Funds |
|
USDE |
United
States Department of Education |
|
USDED |
United
States Department of Education |
|
VA |
Veterans
Administration |
|
VEAP |
Veterans
Educational Assistance Program |
|
WIA |
Workforce
Investment Act |
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