Glossary of abbreviations

AAC Aboriginal Advisory Committee

ACU Australian Catholic University

ADEPT Aboriginal Distance Education Preparatory Training

AEC Aboriginal Education Centre

AECG Aboriginal Education Consultative Group

AEP Aboriginal Education Program

AEPIC Aboriginal Education Policy Implementation Committee

AEU Aboriginal Education Unit

AHEN Aboriginal Higher Education Network

AICA Australian Indigenous Consultative Assembly

AISU Aboriginal and Islander Unit

AMC Australian Maritime College

AnTEP Anangu Tertiary Education Program

ANU Australian National University

AOU Academic Organisational Unit

ARC Australian Research Council

ARI Aboriginal Research Institute

ARICE Aboriginal Research Institute Centre for Excellence

ARR Apparent Retention Rate

ASC Aboriginal Students Corporation

ATAS Aboriginal Tutorial Assistance Scheme

ATSIC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

AUOC Aboriginal University Orientation Course

BIS Bachelor of Indigenous Studies

BUGE Broadening Undergraduate Education

CAISER Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies, Education and Research

CAITEC Capricornia Aboriginal and Islander Tertiary Education Centre

CAMDH Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health

CAP Centre for Aboriginal Programs

CAS Centre for Aboriginal Studies

CASM Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music

CIAP College of Indigenous Australian Peoples

CIE Centre for Indigenous Education

CIHA Centre for Indigenous History and the Arts

CIRC Curtin Indigenous Research Centre

CLO Community Liaison Officer

CQU Central Queensland University

CSU Charles Sturt University

DCM Diploma in Community Management

DEETYA Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs

DETYA Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs

DET Department of Education and Training

EFTSU Equivalent Full Time Student Units

FAIS Faculty of Aboriginal and Islander Studies

GJC Gungil Jindibah Centre

IAHEA Indigenous Australian Higher Education Association

IESIP Indigenous Education Strategic Initiatives Program

IHP Indigenous Health Program

ITA Institute of Arts

JCU James Cook University

JMCKE Joint Management Committee for Koori Education

KAP Koori Admissions Program

KATEC Kulbardi Aboriginal Tertiary Entrance Course

KDSU Koori Development and Support Unit

KEC Koori Education Centre

KECDS Koori Employment and Career Development Strategy

KRC Koori Research Centre

KSLU Koori Student and Liaison Unit

NAIDOC National Aboriginal and Islander Day of Commemoration

NARU North Australia Research Unit

NATSIEP National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy

NCEPH National Centre for Epidemiology and Population and Health

NTU Northern Territory University

PEPA Professional Education Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

QUT Queensland University of Technology

RATEP Remote Area Teacher Education Program

RMIT Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

SAILS Student Administration Information Logging System

SCATS Supplementary Course for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students

SCU Southern Cross University

SIAS School of Indigenous Australian Studies

SPR Student Progress Rate

SRMES School of Resource Management and Environmental Science

TAFE Technical and Further Education

TAReC Tasmanian Accreditation and Recognition Committee

TEE Tertiary Entrance Exams

TES Tertiary Entrance Score

TPC Tertiary Preparation Course

UNE The University of New England

USQ University of Southern Queensland

UTS University of Technology, Sydney

UWA The University of Western Australia

UWS University of Western Sydney

VAEAI Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated

VCE Victorian Certificate of Education

VEGAS Vocational and Educational Guidance for Aboriginals Scheme

VET Vocational Education and Training

WACHE Western Australian Council for Higher Education

WASAC Western Australian Students Aboriginal Corporation