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.