Extension Acronyms
Like any other large organization, Cooperative Extension has developed its share of acronyms. Here is a list of those commonly used in and around Cooperative Extension and the University of Nebraska:
AA -- Affirmative Action
AD -- Associate Dean
AES -- Agricultural Experiment Station (in some sates, Agricultural Extension Service, the state partner)
AHEA/NHEA -- American (Nebraska) Home Economics Association
ANR -- Agriculture and Natural Resources (program areas)
ARD -- Agriculture Research Division
ARFA -- Annual Report of Faculty Accomplishments
CARET -- Committee for Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching
CASNR -- College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
CC -- City Campus
CES -- Cooperative Extension System (national system)
CFSA -- Consolidated Farm Service Agency (formerly ASCS, FHA)
CITY -- City Campus
CLD -- Center for Leadership Development
CREF -- College Retirement Equities Fund
CSREES -- Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
DD -- District Director
EARS -- Extension Accomplishments Reporting System
EAST -- East Campus
EC -- East Campus
ECU -- East Campu Union
ECOP -- Extension Committee on Organization and Policy
EEO -- Equal Employment Opportunity
EEOC -- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EFNEP -- Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
EPU -- Extension Programming Unit
ESP -- Epsilon Sigma Phi
ESCOP -- Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy
EXT -- Extension
FCE -- Family Community Education
FCL -- Family Community Leadership
FSIS -- Food Safety and Information Service
FTE -- Full Time Equivalent
GRA/GTA/GSA -- Graduate Research/Teaching/Support Assistant
IANR -- Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
IPM -- Integrated Pest Management
IRM -- Integrated Resource Management
KU -- Keeping Up
MMAP -- Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Project
MNWQDP -- Mid-Nebraska Water Quality Development Project
NACAA -- National Association of County Agricultural Agents
NACEB -- Nebraska Association of County Extension Boards
NACO -- Nebraska Association of County Officials
NAE4-HA/NeAE4-HA -- National (Nebraska) Association of Extension 4-H Agents
NAEHE/NeAEHE National (Nebraska) Association of Extension for Family and Consumer Science
NAFCE/NeAFCE -- National (Nebraska) Association for Family Community Education
NARS -- Narrative Accountability Reporting System (national on-line data base for program plans and accountability reports)
NASULGC -- National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
NCEA -- Nebraska Cooperative Extension Association
NCTA -- Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture
NEP -- Nutrition Education Program
NEREC -- Northeast Research and Extension Center
NRCS -- Natural Resource Conservation Service (formerly SCS)
NRD -- Natural Resource District
NTU -- National Technological University
OEO -- Office of Equal Opportunity
OPOD -- Office of Professional and Organizational Development
PAF -- Personnel Action Form
PDF -- Personal Data Form
PHREC -- Panhandle Research and Extension Center
PO -- Purchase Order
POW -- Plan of Work (four-year planning document)
RC&D -- Resource Conservation and Development
RECD -- Rural Economics and Community Development
RREA -- Renewable Resources Extension Act
RICOP -- Resident Instruction Committee on Organization and Policy
SAC -- Staff Advisory Committee (district)
SREC/SEREC -- Southeast Research and Extension Center
SE -- Science and Education (division of USDA that administers ES)
TA -- Request for Travel Authorization Form
TIAA -- Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association
USDA -- United States Department of Agriculture
WCREC -- West Central Research and Extension Center
1862 -- Land-grant institutions established by the Morrill Act in 1862
1890 -- Land-grant institutions, primarily in the South and serving the black population, established by the second Morrill Act in 1890.
