The following is a list of commonly used terms and acronyms that often appear in Institutional Effectiveness data, along with Academic Affairs-related publications. Please contact our office if there are any additional terms that should be included on this list.
Updated July 2021.
WTU is a measure of faculty workload. For example, a lecture class that meets three hours per week generates 3 WTU. A CS Number is generated in the APDB file and used to define the type of courses. Read more about Weighted Teaching Units (WTU)
Equals number of students enrolled divided by number admitted.