1290PE |
Local Bargaining Unit of LiUNA representing service/maintenance staff |
2XB |
Applicant Tracking system – IBM cloud software |
2XO |
Onboarding system – IBM cloud software |
A&R |
Accounts & Reports - Payroll in Topeka, reports to DOA |
AAAS |
African & African-American Studies |
AAI |
Achievement and Assessment Institute |
AAP |
Academic Accelerator Program (also KUAAP) |
AAU |
Association of American Universities |
AAUP |
American Association of University Professors |
ABS |
Applied Behavioral Sciences |
ACA |
Affordable Care Act - federal |
ACAD |
American Conference of Academic Deans |
ACE |
American Council on Education |
ACHE |
American College of Health Care Executives |
ACORB |
Advisory Council on Retirement & Benefits |
AD |
Associate Dean |
ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act - federal |
AFT |
American Federation of Teachers – labor union representing GTAs & Public Safety |
AMS |
American Studies |
ANTH |
Anthropology |
APA |
American Psychological Association |
APLU |
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities |
ARSP |
Area of Responsibility – budgetary designation of campus divisions (3 & 5 digit) |
AVP |
Associate Vice Provost |
BI |
Biodiversity Institute |
BIOF |
Computational Biology Program |
BOR |
Board of Regents (Kansas) |
BTBC |
Bioscience & Technology Business Center |
C&D |
Chairs and Directors |
C&I |
Curriculum and Instruction |
CAC |
College Academic Council |
CASS |
College Advising and Student Services |
CCAPT |
Committee on Apppointments Promotion & Tenure |
CCAS |
Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences |
CCPP |
Clinical Child Psychology Program |
CEAS |
Cntr. For East Asian Studies |
CEBC |
Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis |
CECD |
Committee on Evaluation of Chairs and Directors |
CGIS |
Cntr. For Global & International Studies |
CGS |
Committee on Graduate Studies |
CHEM |
Chemistry |
CIO |
Chief Information Officer (for IT) |
CIP |
CIP code -- Classification of Instructional Program |
CLACS |
Cntr. For Latin American & Caribbean Studies |
CLASAB |
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Advisory Board |
CLP |
Child Language Doctoral Program |
CLS |
Committee on Sabbatical Leaves |
CLSX |
Classics |
Co-PI |
Co-Primary Investigator (for Grants) |
COBO |
Council of Business Officers - Regents Financial Officers |
COBRA |
Consolidated Budget Reconciliation Act |
COBRE |
Center of Biomedical Research Excellence |
COGA |
College Office of Graduate Affairs |
COI |
Conflict of Interest |
COMS |
Communication Studies |
COPS |
Council of Presidents – Regents Presidents |
CPM |
Certified Public Manager |
CREES |
Cntr. For East European & Eurasian Studies |
CREF |
College Retirement Equities Fund |
CReSIS |
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets |
CRINC |
Center for Research, Inc. – former name of Research Office |
CRMDA |
Cntr. For Research Methods & Data |
CTE |
Center for Teaching Excellence |
CUPA-HR |
College & University Professional Association for Human Resources |
CUSA |
Committee on Undergraduate Studies and Advising |
DAE |
Differential Allocation of Effort |
DANC |
Dance |
DCM |
Design and Contruction Management (old name) |
DEEP |
Documenting Effective Educational Practices |
DEI |
Diversity Equity and Inclusion |
DEMIS |
Departmental Executive Management Information System |
DMO |
Dental Maintenance Organization |
DMS |
Digital Media Services |
DOA |
Department of Administration for State of Kansas |
DOL |
Department of Labor – State of Kansas and Federal office |
DPO |
Data Protection Officer (Privacy Policy) |
DPR |
Degree Progress Report (formerly ARTS Form) |
DPS |
Department of Personnel Services |
DWI |
(grade of) D, Withdrawl or Incomplete |
EAB |
Educaitonal Advisory Board |
EALC |
East Asian Languages & Cultures |
EAP |
Employee Assistance Program |
eCert |
Effort Certification |
ECON |
Economics |
EEB |
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
EEOC |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - federal |
EGARC |
Ermal Garinger Acad. Res. Cntr. |
ENGL |
English |
ENVS |
Environmental Studies |
EOM |
Employee of the Month |
EPSCoR |
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research |
ER20A |
HR Guidance/Counseling Form – former USS disciplinary form |
ER20B |
HR Report of Misconduct Form – former USS disciplinary form |
ERC |
Employee Recognition Committee |
ERISA |
Employee Retirement Income Security Act |
EUROS |
European Studies |
F&A |
Facilities and Administrative Costs (Research) |
FCRA |
Fair Credit Reporting Act – federal |
FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
FERPA |
Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act - federal |
FFIT |
French, Francophone, and Italian Studies |
FITC |
Financials in the Cloud |
FLSA |
Fair Labor Standards Act - federal |
FMLA |
Family and Medical Leave Act - federal |
FMS |
Film and Media Studies |
FMS |
Financial Management Systems |
FSKU |
FSKU |
FTS |
Financial System Transformation |
GAS |
Geography & Atmospheric Science |
GDPR |
General Data Protection Regulation (Privacy Policy/Research) |
GEOL |
Geology |
GERM |
Germanic Languages & Literatures |
GERON |
Gerontology |
GHI |
Group Health Insurance |
GIST |
Global and International Studies |
GPA |
Grade Point Average |
GRA/GTA/GA |
Graduate Research Assistant/Graduate Teaching Assistant/Graduate Assistant |
GRF |
General Research Fund |
HA |
History of Art |
HBC |
Higuchi Biosciences Center |
HCH |
Hall Center for the Humanities |
HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - federal |
HIPPA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
HIPs |
High Impact Practices |
HIST |
History |
HLC |
Higher Learning Commission |
HNR |
University Honors Program |
HR |
Human Resources |
HR/Pay |
Human Resource Management System (PeopleSoft/Oracle) – current name for personnel system |
HRIS |
Human Resource Information System - old personnel system in 1995; currently name of list serv used by HRM for HR contacts in campus units |
HRM |
Human Resource Management (formerly HR) |
HRM |
Human Resource Management |
HRMS |
Human Resource Management System – old personnel system prior to 1995 |
HUM |
Humanities |
IACUC |
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
IBER |
Institute for Bioengineering Research (formerly BERC) |
IDRH |
Inst. For Digital Research in Humanities |
ILS |
Institute for Leadership Studies |
IOA |
Institutional Opportunity and Access |
IOA |
Office of Institutional Opportunity & Access |
IPEDS |
Integrated Postsecondary Educational Data Sets |
IPSR |
Institute for Policy & Social Research |
IRB |
Institutional Review Board (Research/Human Subjects) |
ISB |
Interdisciplinary Sciences Building |
ISP |
Indigenous Studies |
IT |
Information Technology |
IT |
Information Technology |
ITTC |
Information and Telecommunication Technology Center |
JEWST |
Jewish Studies |
KAPE |
Kansas Association of Public Employees – old name for AFT |
KARL |
Kansas Applied Research Lab |
KARS |
Kansas Applied Remote Sensing – affiliated w/ Engineering |
KASC |
Kansas African Studies Center |
KBOR |
Kansas Board of Regents |
KBOR |
Kansas Board of Regents |
KBS |
Kansas Biological Survey |
KDHR |
Kansas Dept of Human Resources |
KGS |
Kansas Geo Survey |
KGS |
Kansas Geological Survey |
KHERS |
Kansas Higher Education Reporting System |
KHRC |
Kansas Human Rights Commission - state |
KORA |
Kansas Open Records Act |
KPERS |
Kansas Public Employhees Retirement System |
KUAA |
KU Alumni Association |
KUCE |
KU Continuing Education |
KUCR |
KU Center for Research |
KUCR |
Kansas University Center for Research – prior name for Research Office |
KUCTC |
KU Center for Technology and Commercialization |
KUEA |
KU Endowment Association |
KUEC |
KU Edwards Campus |
KUMC |
KU Medical Center |
KUPOA |
Kansas University Police Officers Association - Local Bargaining Unit of KAPE/AFT representing police and security officers in Public Safety Office |
LING |
Linguistics |
LiUNA |
Laborer International Union of North America – Labor Union representing service/maintenance staff |
LM |
Learning Management Module of Talent Development System – Success Factors cloud software |
LMS |
Learning Management System |
LSI |
Life Span Insitutute |
LTC |
Long Term Care – insurance for nursing home/in come care |
LWOP |
Leave Without Pay |
MATH |
Mathematics |
MB |
Molecular Biosciences |
MBTI |
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator |
MFD |
Multi Function Device |
MRC |
Multicultural Resource Center |
MSP |
Multicultural Scholars Program |
MTL |
Multi-term Lecturer |
MUSE |
Museum Studies |
NACUA |
National Association of University Attorneys |
NACUBO |
National Association of College & University Business Officers |
NEA |
National Ednowment for the Arts |
NFGRF |
New Faculty General Research Fund |
NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
NMR |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory |
NRC |
National Research Council |
NSA |
National Security Agency |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NSSE |
National Survey of Student Engagement |
OAC |
Oracle Analytics Cloud |
OFCCP |
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs - federal |
OGL |
Optional Group Life |
OIRP |
Office of Institutional Research and Planning |
OMA |
Office of Multicultural Affairs |
OOE |
Other Operating Expenses |
OOE |
Other Operating Expenses |
OSHA |
Occupational Health and Safety Administration – federal |
OWA |
Outlook Web Application |
P-14 |
HR Form to Recommend Disciplinary Action for USS |
PBCS |
Budgeting Cloud Services |
PCR |
Provost's Conference Room |
PHIL |
Philosophy |
PHSX |
Physics and Astronomy |
PI |
Primary Investigator (for Grants) |
PIP |
Performan Improvement Plan |
PM |
Performance Management Module of Talent Development System – Success Factors cloud software |
PMS |
Performance Management System |
POLS |
Political Science |
POP |
Professor of the Practice |
PRO |
Professional Record Online |
PRS |
Personnel Related Staff – at KU |
PSO |
Public Safety Office |
PSYC |
Psychology |
PtR |
Post-tenure Review |
PTTR |
Progress Toward Tenure Review |
RA |
Retirement Annuity – called TSA here |
REF |
Research Excellence Fund |
RELS |
Religious Studies |
REU |
Research Experiences for Undergraduates |
RI |
Research Integrity |
ROI |
Return on Investment |
SAKU |
SAKU |
SAS |
Student Academic Services (old name for CASS) |
SB |
Staff Benefits |
SF |
Success Factors – SAP software vendor of Talent Development system |
SILC |
Student Involvement and Leadership Center |
SLAV |
Slavic Languages & Literatures |
SLLC |
School of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures |
SOC |
Sociology |
SOTA |
School of the Arts |
SPA |
Sponsored Program Accounting – Grant Accounting located in Office of Research |
SPAA |
School of Public Affairs & Admin. |
SPAN |
Spanish & Portuguese |
SPLH |
Speech-Language-Hearing |
SSC |
Shared Service Center |
SSC |
Shared Service Center |
STEM |
Cntr. for STEM Learning |
STEP |
Supervisory Training for Excellence in Performance |
TEA |
Teachers and Employees Association – provides OGL and LTC insurance |
TEFRA |
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 – Benefits form for those turning 65 - federal |
THR |
Theatre |
TIAA |
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America |
TORP |
Tertiary Oil Recovery Project – KU, affiliated w/ Engineering |
TOT |
Training of Trainers |
TSA |
Tax Sheltered Annuity |
UAC |
University Advising Center |
UBUD |
University Budget System (web-based) |
UCC |
University Career Center |
UCDP |
University Committee on Distinguished Professorships |
UCI |
Unemployment Compensation Insurance |
UCPT |
University Committee on Promotion & Tenure |
UG Bio |
Human Biology/Undergrad. Biology |
UP |
Urban Planning |
UPS |
Unclassified Professional Staff |
UPS |
Unclassified Professional Staff |
USERRA |
Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act - federal |
USS |
University Support Staff |
USS |
University Support Staff – formerly classified, civil service staff |
VA |
Visual Arts |
VC |
Vice Chancellor |
VEVRAA |
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act – federal |
VP |
Vice Provost |
VSA |
Voluntary System of Accountability |
VTSA |
Voluntary Tax Sheltered Annuity – also referred to as GSRA |
WC |
Workers’ Compensation |
WGSS |
Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies |