Glossary
Business positions and terminology
Credentials and exams
- AAMA Certification
- American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board of Registry (BOC) Certification Examination
- ATI Testing
- AWS Certified Welder Test
- Certified Management Accountant (CMA) Certification
- Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) Examination
- CPC Certification
- Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) Exam
- Certified Production Technician (CPT) Certificate
- National Board Dental Hygiene Examination (NBDHE)
- National Board for Respiratory Care Exam (NBRC)
- National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN)
- Occupational Therapist Registered (OTR) Exam
- Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) Exam
- Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Credential
- TEAS Prep Program
- TEAS Exam
- Test of Essential Academy Skills (TEAS)
- Wonderlic
Criminal justice positions and terminology
- Cop Training
- Corrections Counselor
- Corrections Officer
- Customs and Border Protection Agent
- Drug Enforcement Officer
- Police Academy
- Police Degree
- Police Training 101
- Private and Personal Security Agencies
- Probation Assistant
- Probation Officer
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Officer
Dental credentials and positions
Financial aid terminology
- Award Letter
- College Scholarships
- Cost of Attendance (COA)
- CT Health Horizons
- CT Pathways
- Data Release Number
- Dependent Student
- Direct Student Loans (Subsidized)
- Direct Student Loans (Unsubsidized)
- EDExpress
- Entrance Counseling
- Expected Family Contribution (EFC)
- Expected Family Contribution Formula (EFC)
- FAFSA
- FAFSA Launch Date
- FAFSA Simplification Act
- Financial Need
- Federal Pell Grants for College
- Federal Perkins Loan
- Federal PLUS Loans
- Federal Work Study
- Financial Aid Grants for College
- Financial Aid Package
- Financial Awareness Counseling
- Federal Student Aid Information Center
- Form 1098-E
- Form 1098-T
- FSA ID
- Government Funded Nursing Programs
- Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) Plans
- Institutional Scholarships
- Institutional Student Information Record
- Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants
- Master Promissory Note (MPN)
- Merit Aid
- Merit-Based Scholarships
- National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)
- Need-Based Aid
- New FAFSA
- PACT (Pledge to Advance CT)
- Pay as You Earn (PAYE) Plan
- Public Service Tuition Scholarship Program
- Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
- Student Aid Index (SAI)
- Student Aid Report (SAR)
- Student Budgeting
- Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
- Title IV
- Types of Student Loans
Funeral service positions and terminology
General terminology
- American Job Centers
- AFT Connecticut
- Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET)
- CTE (Career and Technical Education)
- CT Hires
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB)
- Neurodiversity
- Universal Daycare and Pre-k
Healthcare positions and terminology
Higher Ed terminology
- Academic Accommodation
- Accelerated Degree Programs
- Accreditation
- Accuplacer®
- Adult Degree Completion
- Application Process
- Application Deadlines
- Associate Degree
- Asynchronous Classes
- Bachelor's Degree
- Bridge Programs
- Bursar’s Office
- Career Networking
- Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU)
- Certificate Programs
- CLEP Testing
- College Counseling
- College Success®
- College Transcript
- College Tuition
- Common Application
- Community College
- Corequisites
- Central Processing System
- Credentials
- Dean
- Degree Inflation
- Disability-friendly college
- Diploma Program
- Distance Learning
- Dual Degrees
- Early Action
- Early College High School
- Early Decision
- Family Educational Rights & Protective Act (FERPA)
- First-Generation Students
- Free Community College in Connecticut
- Fully Funded Nursing Programs
- Gap Year
- GED Classes
- GED Completion
- Half-time Enrollment
- Hybrid Class
- Independent Student
- Intensive Courses
- Job Placement Rate
- Liberal Arts
- Matriculation
- Master's Degree
- Math Tutoring Services
- Nursing Point System
- On-Campus Classes
- Online Classes
- Open Admissions
- Placement Tests
- Postsecondary Education
- Prerequisite Courses
- Private Colleges
- Provost
- Public Colleges
- Rate My Professor
- Registrar
- Remedial Programs
- SNAP E&T
- SNAP Program
- Snap to Skills (S2S)
- Student Affairs
- Student Engagement
- Synchronous Learning
- Title IV Schools
- Title IX
- Trade Schools
- Transfer Credits
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Insurance credentials and positions
K–12 schools and related terms
- Application Lottery
- Attendance Area School
- Charter School
- Classical School
- Early College Magnet School Model
- First Choice School
- High School Equivalency Exam
- High School Equivalency (HSE) Program
- HiSET Exam
- Magnet Open Enrollment
- Magnet School
- Montessori
- National Magnet School of Excellence
- Naviance
- Reggio Emilia Approach
- RSCO
- School Choice
- STEM
- Sustainability-Themed Education
- Title I Schools
Leadership terminology
Manufacturing positions and terminology
- Advanced Manufacturing
- AutoCAD
- Calibration Technician
- CNC 101 Courses
- CNC Machining
- CNC Machinist
- Facilities Supervisor
- First Line Supervisor
- EDM Cutting
- Electrician Schools
- EV3
- HVAC Certifications
- HVAC Schools
- Inspection Supervisor
- Inventory Manager
- Learn to Weld
- Logistician
- Logistics Analyst
- Mach 3 CNC Control Software
- Maintenance Supervisor
- Manufacturing Quality Inspector
- Material Review Controller
- Mechanic Schools
- Mechatronics
- MIG Welding
- Milling School
- Programmable Logic Controllers(PLC)
- Procurement Specialist
- Production Control Analyst
- Production Controller
- Production Manager
- Purchasing Agent
- Purchasing Analyst
- Quality Auditor
- Quality Consultant
- Quality Controller
- Quality Customer Service Representative
- Quality Supervisor
- Quality Technician
- Receiving Inspector
- Robotics Process Automation (RPA)
- Shipping and Receiving Analyst
- Shipping and Receiving Supervisor
- Storage and Distribution Manager
- Supply Chain Manager
- TIG Welding
- Welder
- Welding Bootcamp
- Workforce Readiness Training
- Zero Tolerance Machining
Nursing credentials and positions
- 2-Year Nursing Program
- ACEN
- ADN Program
- APRN Nurse
- ASN Program
- BSN
- Clinicals
- CNA
- ER Nurse
- Fast-Track Nursing Program
- Fast-Track RN Degree
- FNP Nurse
- Hybrid Nursing Program
- Informatics Nurse
- LPN
- LPN Refresher Courses
- LPN-to-BSN Program
- LPN to RN Bridge Program
- MSN
- MSN Degree
- MSN Degree in Illinois
- MSN Degree in New York
- MSN Degree in North Carolina
- MSN Degree in Pennsylvania
- MSN Degree in Texas
- MSN FNP
- NAPNES
- NCLEX-PN
- Nurse Administrator
- Nurse Consultant
- Nurse Educator
- Nurse Practitioner
- Nurse Refresher Courses
- Nurse Research Scientist
- NurseThink
- Nursing 101 Courses
- Online RN-to-BSN Degree
- PMHNP
- Practical Nursing
- RN
- Travel Nurse
- Vocational Nurse
Public health positions and terminology
- Biostatistician
- Community Health Degree
- Disaster and Emergency Specialist
- Epidemiologist
- National Incident Management System
- One-Year MPH Program
- Public Health Director
- Public Health Educator
- Sanitarian
Social and educational credentials and positions
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