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IR Glossary

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Academic Year (AY)

Annual Average

Annual FTE Enrollment

Budget Driver

Budgeted FTE (Budgeted Enrollment)

Career (Academic Career, Student Career)

Census Date

Cornerstone Enrollments

Duplicated Count

Fiscal Year (FY)

FTE (Full-time-equivalent)

FTE (Full-time-equivalent) Enrollment

Graduate Course (Document in Preparation)

Graduate Student (Document in Preparation)

Headcount (HC)

HECB (Higher Education Coordinating Board) (Document in Preparation)

HEER (Higher Education Enrollment Report) (Document in Preparation)

IPEDS (Integrated Post-secondary Education Report) (Document in Preparation)

IPEDS Student (Document in Preparation)

IPEDS Year (IY)

Lower Division Course (Document in Preparation)

Mandatory Tuition Waiver

Non-matriculated Student (Non-matric)

Non-state-funded Classes and Enrollments

Non-state-funded Students

OFM (Office of Financial Management)

Partnership Enrollments

PCHEES (Public Centralized Higher Education Enrollment System) (Document in Preparation)

Program Level (Student Program Level)

RCW

Running Start Enrollments

Self-support Enrollments

State-funded Classes and Enrollments

Undergraduate Course

Undergraduate Student

Unduplicated Count

Upper Division Course (Document in Preparation)