| A |
| AA |
Affirmative Action |
| A2Q |
Access to Quality |
| AAAS |
American
Association for the Advancement of Science |
| AAC&U |
Association
of American Colleges & Universities |
| AACRAO |
American
Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (National) |
| AACSB |
American
Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business |
| AAHE |
American
Association of Higher Education |
| AASCU |
American
Association of State Colleges and Universities |
| AAU |
Association
of American Universities |
| AAUP |
American
Association of University Professors |
| AAUP |
Association
of American University Presses |
| AAUW |
American
Association of University Women |
| AB |
Annual
Budget |
| ABET |
Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology |
| ACE |
American
Council on Education |
| ACHE |
Association
for Continuing Higher Education |
| ACIS |
Academic
Information Series |
| ACPE |
Association for
Continuing Professional Education |
| ACPS |
Academic
Planning Statements |
| ACRL |
Association
of College and Research Libraries |
| ACSS |
Academic
and Student Services |
| ACT-CAAP |
American
College Testing - Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency |
| AD&D |
Accidental
Death and Dismemberment |
| ADA |
Americans
with Disabilities Act |
| ADAS |
Automated
Degree Audit Systems |
| Adm.
Code |
Wisconsin
Administrative Code |
| ADP |
Administrative Data
Processing |
| AFR |
Annual
Financial Report |
| AIR |
Association
for Institutional Research |
| AIRUM |
Association for Institutional Research in the Upper Midwest |
| ALA |
American
Library Association |
| ALMS |
Alternative Library
Materials Storage Committee |
| ANSI |
American
National Standards Institute |
| AODA |
Alcohol
and Other Drug Abuse |
| AOP |
Advanced
Opportunity Program |
| AP |
Accounts Payable |
| AP |
Advanced
Placement Program, Policies & Exams |
| APBS |
Appointment
Payroll and Benefits System |
| APLU |
Association
of Public and Land-Grant Universities |
| ARL |
Association
of Research Libraries |
| ASHE |
Association
for the Study of Higher Education |
| ASIS |
American
Society for Information Science |
| ATE |
Association
of Teacher Educators |
| ATN |
Administrative Telephone
Network |
| B |
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to Top |
| BB |
Biennial
Budget |
| BEA |
Bureau of Economic Advisors |
| BLS |
Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| BOR |
Board
of Regents |
| BRB |
University
of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County |
| BRN |
University
of Wisconsin-Barron County (Rice Lake) |
| C |
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to Top |
| CAAP |
Collegiate
Assessment of Academic Proficiency |
| CAC |
Curricular Area Code |
| CACUBO |
Central
Association of College and University Business Officers |
| CALS |
College
of Agricultural and Life Sciences |
| CAPP |
Cooperative
Academic Partnership Program |
| CASE |
Council
for the Advancement and Support of Education |
| CASS |
Cooperative Association of States for Scholarships |
| CAUSE |
Association for Managing
and Using Information Resources in Higher Education (now EDUCAUSE) |
| CBA |
Competency-Based
Admissions |
| CBO |
Chief
Business Officer (formerly IBR) |
| CCSSE |
Community College Survey of State Engagement |
| CDR |
Central
Data Request |
| CDR |
Central
Data Request – Facilities |
| CERT |
Office of Communications and External
Relations (UW System) |
| CES |
Cooperative
Extension Service (formerly Federal Extension Services [FES] and
Extension Services) |
| CESA |
Cooperative
Educational Service Agency |
| CEU |
Continuing Education
Unit |
| Chap.
36 |
Former Chapter 36 (University
of Wisconsin) and
new
Chapter 36 (University of Wisconsin System) of the Wisconsin Statutes -
see History
of UW System
|
| Chap.
37 |
Chapter 37 (former Wisconsin State
Universities) of the Wisconsin Statutes - see History
of UW System
|
| CHESS |
Comprehensive
Health Enhancement Support System |
| CIC |
Committee
on Institutional Cooperation |
| CIE |
Council
on International Education |
| CIO |
Chief
Information Officer |
| CIPS |
Committee on Information
Processing Systems |
| CLEP |
College
Level Examination Program |
| CNI |
Coalition
for Networked Information |
| COA |
Cost of Attendance |
| COL |
UW Colleges |
| COOL |
College Opportunities On-Line |
| COPA |
Council on Post-secondary
Accreditation |
| COWL |
Council
of Wisconsin Libraries |
| CPB |
Capital
Planning and Budget |
| CPB |
Corporation
for Public Broadcasting |
| CPC |
Cost-Per-Credit |
| CPI |
Consumer
Price Index |
| CPS |
Cost-Per-Student |
| CQI |
Continuous Quality
Improvement |
| CSAO |
Chief Student Affairs
Officers |
| CSI |
Composite Support
Index |
| CSSD |
Coordinators
of Services for Students with Disabilities |
| CUPA |
College of University Professionals Association |
| CUWL |
Council
of University of Wisconsin Libaries |
| CWCW |
Campus
Web Council of Wisconsin |
| CWS |
College
Work-Study |
| D |
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to Top |
| D4D |
Design
for Diversity |
| DARS |
Degree
Audit Reporting System |
| DBMS |
Data
Base Management System |
| DDC |
Direct Digital Controls |
| DE |
Distance
Education |
| DER |
Department
of Employee Relations |
| DETF |
Department
of Employee Trust Funds |
| DETIC |
Distance Education
Technologies Interagency Collaboration |
| DFD |
Division of Facilities
Development - formerly known as Division of State Facilities (DSF) |
| DHSS |
Department of Health
and Social Services (now Wisconsin Department
of Health Services) |
| DILHR |
Department
of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
(Now called
the Department of Commerce) |
| DIN |
Decision Item Narrative |
| DNR |
Department
of Natural Resources |
| DOA |
Department
of Administration |
| DOD |
Department of Development (now Department
of Workforce Development) |
| DoIT |
Divison
of Information Technology at UW-Madison |
| DOR |
Department
of Revenue |
| DOT |
Department
of Transportation |
| DPI |
Department
of Public Instruction |
| DRI |
Data Resources, Inc. |
| DSF |
Division of State Facilities- DOA |
| DVR |
Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation |
| E |
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to Top |
| EAB |
Educational
Approval Board |
| EAU |
University
of Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
| EBRI |
Employee
Benefit Research Institute |
| ECB |
Educational
Communications Board |
| ECS |
Education
Commission of the States |
| ED |
Department
of Education |
| EDI |
Educational Delivery Institute |
| EDI |
Office of Equity, Diversity and
Inclusion (UW systemwide office) |
| EDP |
Extended Degree Program |
| EDUCAUSE |
Educause |
| Educom |
Consortium
for transforming education through information technology - History
of Educom (now Educause) |
| EEO |
Equal Employment
Opportunity |
| EEOC |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
|
| EFC |
Expected
Family Contribution calculator |
| EHS |
Environmental
Health and Safety |
| EIA |
Environmental
Impact Assessment |
| EIS |
Environmental
Impact Statement |
| EM |
Enrollment
Management |
| EMC |
Educational Media
Council (now Educational Media
Technology Council) |
| EMPT |
Early
Math Placement Test |
| EMS |
Energy Management
System |
| EMTC |
Educational
Media Technology Council |
| EOP |
Equal Opportunity
Programs |
| ERA |
Employee
Reimbursement Account |
| ERD |
Equal Rights Division |
| ERIC |
Educational
Resource Information Center |
| ESFY |
Engaging Students in the First Year |
| ESIC |
Extramural Support
Information Center |
| ESL |
English
as a Second Language |
| ETF |
Department
of Employee Trust Funds |
| ETN |
Educational Telephone
Network |
| ETS |
Educational
Testing Service |
| EXT |
University
of Wisconsin-Extension |
| F |
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to Top |
| F:S |
Faculty: Student Ratio |
| FAFSA |
Free
Application for Federal Student Aid |
| FAPs |
Financial
and Administrative Policy Papers - formerly called General Administrative Policy Papers (GAPPs) |
| FASFA
Express |
Free
Application for Federal Student Aid |
| FAWG |
Financial Aid Working
Group |
| FCC |
Federal
Communications Commission |
| FDA |
Food
and Drug Administration (Federal) |
| FDL |
University
of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac |
| FERPA |
Family
Educational Right to Privacy Act |
| FIPSE |
Fund
for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education |
| FMIS |
Financial Management
Information System |
| FOX |
University
of Wisconsin-Fox Valley (Menasha) |
|
FPPPs
|
Financial
Policy and Procedure Papers |
| FTE |
Full-Time
Equivalent |
| FWS |
Federal Work Study |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| G |
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to Top |
| GBY |
University
of Wisconsin-Green Bay |
| GFSB |
General Fund Supported Borrowing |
| GII |
Global Information
Infrastructure |
| GIIC |
Global Information Infrastructure Commission |
| GISE |
Grants to Increase Student Engagement |
| GLHEC |
Great
Lakes Higher Education Corp |
| GLITC |
Great
Lakes Inter-Tribal Council |
| GLS |
General Library System
at UW-Madison |
| GLWI |
Great
Lakes WATER Institute |
| GOB |
General
Obligation Bonding |
| GOS |
General Operations
and Services |
| GPO |
General Program Operations |
| GPR |
General Purpose Revenue
(State tax revenue) |
| GPR/fees |
GPR and student academic
fees, the sources for the instructional budget |
| GRE |
Graduate
Record Exam |
| GSL |
Guaranteed Student
Loan |
| H |
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to Top |
| HEA |
Higher
Education Act |
| HEAB |
Higher
Educational Aids Board |
| HEGIS |
Higher Education General
Information Survey |
| HELP |
Higher
Education Location Program, academic and advising service for UW System |
| HEPI |
Higher
Education Price Index |
| HOPE |
HOPE
Scholarship |
| HRS |
Human
Resource System Project |
| HSAC |
Health Science Advisory
Council |
| I |
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to Top |
| IAA |
Identification Authentication Authorization |
| IAIS |
Instructional Analysis
Information System |
| IAS |
Instructional
Academic Staff |
| IBR |
Institutional
Business Officers (now Chief
Business Officers) |
| IFEBP |
International
Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans |
| IFM |
Instructional Funding
Model |
| IGS |
Institute
for Global Studies |
| IIA |
Inter-Institutional Agreement |
| IM |
Informational Memoranda |
| IPEDS |
Integrated
Postsecondary Educational Data System |
| IRE |
Institute
on Race and Ethnicity |
| ISO |
International
Standards Organization |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITMAC |
Interpreting, Training, Monitoring, Advocating, and Consulting |
| ITMC |
Information
Technology Management Council |
| J-K |
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to Top |
| JACAP |
Joint
Administrative Committee on Academic Programs (WTCS/UWS) |
| JACCE |
Joint Administrative
Committee on Continuing Education (WTCS/UWS) |
| JACPF |
Joint Administrative
Committee on Physical Facilities (WTCS/UWS) |
| JCOER |
Joint
Committee on Employment Relations |
| JCOF |
Joint
Committee on Finance |
| JFC |
Joint
Finance Committee (variation of Joint
Committee on Finance) |
| L |
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to Top |
| LAB |
Legislative
Audit Bureau |
| LAC |
University
of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
| LAMS |
Library Automation
Managers in the UW System |
| LC |
Library
of Congress |
| LEED |
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - A suite of rating systems for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings developed by the U.S. Green Building Council |
| LFB |
Legislative
Fiscal Bureau |
| LITA |
Library
and Information Technology Association |
| LITEC |
Learning
and Information Technology Executive Council |
| LRB |
Legislative
Reference Bureau |
| LSACU |
Lake Superior Association
of Colleges & Universities |
| LTDC |
Learning
Technology Development Council |
| LTE |
Limited
Term Employee |
| LUMRG |
Lawton
Undergraduate Minority Retention Grant |
| M |
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to Top |
| M&D |
Multicultural and Disadvantaged |
| M/D |
Minority/Disadvantaged
Student Affairs |
| MAAD |
Multiple Application
and Admissions Database |
| MAN |
University
of Wisconsin-Manitowoc |
| MATC |
Madison/Milwaukee Area Technical College |
| MBE |
Minority
Business Enterprise |
| MCEE |
former Multicultural
Center for Educational Excellence |
| MCW |
Medical
College of Wisconsin |
| MHEC |
Midwestern
Higher Education Compact |
| MIC |
Minority
Information Center |
| MIC |
Multicultural
Information Center |
| MIL |
|
| MILER |
Methodology for Implementing Lowest Effort and Resources |
| MIS |
Management
Information Systems |
| MNT |
|
| MOA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MRF |
Mandatory
Refundable Fee |
| MSDS |
|
| MSEP |
Midwest Student Exchange Program |
| MSF |
|
| MSN |
|
| MSSB |
Multicultural Student Statistics Book |
| MTH |
|
| MUA |
Midwestern
Universities Alliance |
| N |
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to Top |
| NACA |
National Association of Campus Activities |
| NACUA |
|
| NACUBO |
|
| NAEB |
National
Association of Educational Broadcasters |
| NAFSA |
|
| NAPCAE |
National
Association for Public Continuing and Adult Education
|
| NASFAA |
|
| NASH |
|
| NASPA |
|
| NASULGC |
National Association of of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges |
| NCA |
|
| NCAA |
|
| NCATE |
|
| NCES |
|
| NCHEMS |
|
| NCREL |
|
| NEA |
|
| NEA |
|
| NEH |
|
| NET |
National
Educational Television |
| NETA |
|
| NIE |
|
| NIH |
|
| NII |
|
| NIP |
National
Identification Program for Advancement of Women in Higher Education |
| NISO |
|
| NLII |
|
| NOTIS |
Ameritech
automated library management system for academic libraries |
| NPR |
|
| NPRM |
Notice
of Proposed Rule Modification |
| NSF |
|
| NSSE |
National Survey of Student Engagement |
| NTIA |
|
| NTTF |
National
Telecommunications Task Force |
| NWSA |
|
| O |
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to Top |
| OADD |
Office
of Academic Diversity and Development (UW System) - now Office
of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion |
| OCLC |
Online
Computer Library Center |
| OCR |
U.S.
Office of Civil Rights |
| OEOP |
Office
of Equal Opportunity Programs |
| OIS |
Office
of Information Services (UW System) |
| OLIT |
Office of Learning and Information
Technology (UW System) |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget - Federal Government |
| OPAC |
Online
Public Access Catalog |
| OPAR |
Office
of Policy Analysis and Research (UW System) |
| OPE |
Office of Postsecondary Education - Federal Government |
| OPID |
Office
of Professional and Instructional Development(UW System) formerly UTIC |
| ORB |
Occasional
Research Brief |
| OSER |
State
of Wisconsin Office of State Employment Relations |
| OSH |
University
of Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
| OSI |
Open
Systems Interconnection |
| OSLP |
Office of Safety and Loss Prevention (UW System) |
| OTDT |
former Office
of Technology Development and Transfer (UW System) |
| P |
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to Top |
| PAF |
Personnel
Activity Form |
| PBM |
Pharmacy
Benefit Manager |
| PBS |
Public
Broadcasting Service |
| PELL |
Pell
Grants (formerly
Basic Education Opportunity Grants) |
| PIO |
Public
Information Officer - see UW
media liaisions |
| PIR |
Payment
to Individual Report |
| PKS |
University
of Wisconsin-Parkside |
| PLT |
University
of Wisconsin-Platteville |
| PMIS |
Personnel
Management Information System |
| PR |
Program
Revenue |
| PR-F |
Program
Revenue - Federal |
| R |
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to Top |
| R & D |
Research
and Development |
| R & T |
Research
and Training |
| RCK |
University
of Wisconsin-Rock County (Janesville) |
| REPORT |
Reducing
the Scope of University of Wisconsin System (March 1975) |
| REQ |
Requisition |
| RFB |
Request
for Bids |
| RFI |
Request
for Information |
| RFP |
Request
for Proposal |
| RLN |
University
of Wisconsin-Richland (Richland Center) |
| ROTC |
Reserve
Officers Training Course |
| RPD |
Regent
Policy Documents |
| RVF |
University
of Wisconsin-River Falls |
| S |
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to Top |
| S & E |
Supplies & Expenses |
| SA |
System
Administration (see also UWSA) |
| SAC |
System
Administrative Council |
| SAT |
Scholastic
Aptitude Test |
| SAWG |
Student
Affairs Working Group |
| SBC |
State
Building Commission |
| SBTF |
State
Building Trust Funds |
| SCH |
Student
Credit Hours |
| SCUP |
Society
for College and University Planning |
| SEG |
Segregated
Revenue |
| SEWRPC |
Southeastern
Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission |
| SFS |
Shared
Financial System |
| SG |
Study
Group - Resolutions of the Regents Future Study Group |
| SHB |
University
of Wisconsin-Sheboygan (Sheboygan) |
| SHEEO |
State
Higher Education Executive Officers |
| SHS |
State
Historical Society |
| SIS |
Student
Information System |
| SLIC |
Student Life & Interest Committee |
| SPRE |
State
Post-secondary Review Entity |
| SQL |
Standard
Query Language |
| SSB |
Student Statistics Book (also see MSSB) |
| STEM |
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math |
| STO |
University
of Wisconsin-Stout |
| STP |
University
of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| STRS |
State
Teachers Retirement System [superseded by the WRS--see ETF] |
| STW |
School-To-Work |
| SUF |
Segregated
University Fee |
| SUFAC |
Segregated
University Fee Allocations Committee |
| SUP |
University
of Wisconsin-Superior |
| SWIB |
State
of Wisconsin Investment Board |
| SYS/ADM |
System
Administration (see also UWSA) |
| T |
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to Top |
| TAUWP |
The
Association of University of Wisconsin Professionals (formerly
TAUWF) |
| TCP/IP |
Transmission
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TDA |
Tax
Deferred Annuity |
| TER |
Travel
Expense Report, UW System Administration |
| TIAA-CREF |
Teachers
Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund |
| TIP |
Talent
Incentive Program |
| TIS |
Transfer
Information System |
| TOEFL |
Test
of English as a Foreign Language |
| TQM |
Total
Quality Management |
| TRIO |
UW
Systems TRIO programs |
| TSA |
Tax-sheltered
annuity |
| U |
Return
to Top |
| UBIT |
Unrelated Business Income Tax |
| UC |
United
Council of University of Wisconsin System Student Governments |
| UCC |
Urban
Corridor Consortium |
| UDDS |
Unit Division Department Sub-Department (DeptId) |
| UI |
Undergraduate
Imperative |
| UIA |
University
Insurance Association |
| UPG |
Unclassified
Personnel Guidelines |
| UR |
formerly University
Relations, UW System (now CERT) |
| USAA |
Urban
Superintendent's Association of America |
| USDA |
United
States Department of Agriculture |
| USOE |
United
States Office of Education |
| USSA |
United
States Student Association |
| UTIC |
now OPID |
| UTIG |
Undergraduate
Teaching Improvement Grant |
| UWCAP |
UW Colleges Administrative Policies |
| UWEX |
University
of Wisconsin-Extension |
| UWHC |
University
of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics |
| UWS |
University
of Wisconsin System |
| UWSA |
University of Wisconsin System Administration |
| V |
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to Top |
| VC |
Academic
Vice Chancellor |
| VOICE |
Volunteer
Outreach in College Education |
| VSA |
Voluntary
System of Accountability |
| VTAE |
Vocational,
Technical and Adult Education (now WTCS) |
| W-X-Y |
Return
to Top |
| WAACE |
Wisconsin
Association for Adult and Continuing Education |
| WACADA |
Wisconsin
Academic Advising Association |
| WACRAO |
Wisconsin
Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers |
| WAHE |
Wisconsin
Association of Higher Education |
| WAICU |
Wisconsin
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities |
| WAK |
University
of Wisconsin-Waukesha (Waukesha) |
| WARF |
Wisconsin
Alumni Research Foundation |
| WAC |
Wisconsin Administrative Code |
| WASDA |
Wisconsin
Association of School District Administrators |
|
WASFAA
|
Wisconsin
Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators |
| WASSCAC |
Wisconsin
Association of Secondary School and College Admissions Counselors |
| WATE |
Wisconsin
Association for Teacher Education |
| WATF |
Wisconsin
Advanced Telecommunications Foundation |
| WBVTAE |
Wisconsin
Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education (now the Wisconsin
Technical College System Board) |
| WCATY |
Wisconsin
Center for Academically Talented Youth |
| WCWC |
West
Central Wisconsin Consortium |
| WDC |
Wisconsin
Deferred Compensation Program |
| WEAC |
Wisconsin
Education Association Council |
| WEEB |
Wisconsin
Environmental Education Board |
| WEPA |
Wisconsin
Environmental Policy Act - A state law designed to encourage environmentally sensitive decision making by state agencies. |
| WERC |
Wisconsin
Employment Relations Commission |
| WHEC |
Wisconsin
Higher Education Corporation (see Great
Lakes Higher Education Corporation) |
| WHEG |
Wisconsin
Higher Education Grant |
| WIAC |
Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| WICPA |
Wisconsin
Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
| WIEA |
Wisconsin
Indian Education Association |
| WILS |
Wisconsin
Interlibrary Loan Service |
| WiscNet |
A
Wisconsin consortial Internet provider |
| WISPP |
Wisconsin
Strategic Planning Project |
| Wis.
Stats. |
Wisconsin
Statutes |
| WiSys |
Wisconsin
System Technology Foundation, Inc. |
| WJCAA |
Wisconsin Junior Collegiate Athletics Association |
| WLA |
Wisconsin
Library Association |
| WLC |
Wisconsin
Library Consortium |
| WPR |
Wisconsin
Public Radio |
| WPT |
Wisconsin
Public Television |
| WRF |
Wisconsin
Retirement Fund (The WRF no longer exists;
it was superseded by the WRS - see ETF.) |
| WRS |
Wisconsin
Retirement System (see ETF) |
| WSBC |
Wisconsin
State Building Commission |
| WSH |
University
of Wisconsin-Washington County (West Bend) |
| WSUC |
Wisconsin
State University Conference |
| WTCS |
Wisconsin
Technical College System
|
| WTCSB |
Wisconsin
Technical College System Board |
| WTW |
University
of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| WUD |
Wisconsin Union Directorate |
| WWIAC |
Wisconsin
Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| WWW |
World
Wide Web |
| Z |
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to Top |
| Z39.50 |
ANSI/NISO information retrieval standard for library applications |
| ZBA |
Zero Balance Account |
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