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ABBREVIATIONS

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

The following abbreviations represent agencies which have utilized an institution to assist individuals in obtaining job training.

BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs
DHR Department of Human Resources
DOL Department of Labor
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
HEW Department of Health, Education & Welfare
INS Immigration & Naturalization Service
JTPA Job Training Partnership Act
PIC Private Industry Council
SS Social Security Administration
VA Veterans Administration
VR Vocation Rehabilitation

FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS AVAILABLE

FCWS Federal College Work Study
FSLP Federal Stafford Loan Program (Subsidized and Unsubsidized)
JTPA Job Training Partnership Act
NDSLP National Direct Student Loan Program (Subsidized and Unsubsidized)
PELL Pell Grant
PLUS Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students
SEOG Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant

ACCREDITATION

Those institutions which have been accredited by an accrediting commission listed by the U.S. Office of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency under the provisions of Public Law 82-550 and subsequent legislation are designated by the uses of the following abbreviations:

ACCSCT Accrediting Commission of Career Schools & Colleges of Technology
ACICS Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
ABHES Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (Medical Assistant)
COE Commission on Occupational Education
DETC Distance Education & Training Council
NACCAS National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts & Sciences
SACS Southern Association of Colleges & Schools
 

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