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CAA (See Comprehensive Articulation Agreement)
 

CABINET
The President's Cabinet is composed of the President, the Executive Vice-President, all Vice-Presidents, the Assistant to the President for Community Relations, and the Assistant to the President.  The Cabinet meets weekly, usually on Monday morning.

CAL
Former name of CPCC's computerized database of library holdings in all CPCC locations.  See CLICK.

CAMPUS COMPACT
N.C. Campus Compact (NCCC), a coalition colleges united around the civic mission of higher education, was formed in the fall of 2002 by fifteen N.C. higher education presidents. Initial organizational goals focus on providing opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to develop a civic ethic, developing a network of service-learning practitioners to share resources and expand strategies, and integrating service-learning into higher education curricula. For more information, visit the N.C. Campus Compact home page.

CAPS FEE
Campus Access, Parking, and Security (CAPS) Fee is paid by all students based on the number of semester hours for which they are registered. Each student receives a parking permit.

CATALOG YEAR
The year in which a student began his or her program of study in a particular degree, diploma, or certificate program.

CCE (see Corporate and Continuing Education)
 

CCL (see Common Course Library)

CENTER FOR SUSTAINABILITY
A project of the Futures Institute, the CFS is CPCC's response to the powerful and growing trend of environmental sustainability. The CFS was a key advocate for and organizer of the campus wildlife habitat initiative. Other initiatives are described at the CFS website.

CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING
The Center for Transformational Learning is the coordinator of faculty development at CPCC. The center provides resources for individual faculty, administrators, department, and programs in professional and personal enrichment.  The center develops and directs faculty orientations, mentorships, internships, workshops, teleconferences, and conferences.  Drawing on the resources of the College, the center provides information, technical training, and leadership training.

CENTRAL HIGH
Central Campus building formerly known as Garinger Hall (1978-2002) and Old Central (1963-1978). The original CPCC building. Houses Registration, Student Success Center, Gayle Simmons Career Center, Ruth Shaw Academic Center, Cashier's Office, Testing Center, Counseling, classrooms, faculty offices, etc.

CERTIFICATE
See Certificate of Completion, Short-Term Training Certificate, Curriculum Certificate

CERTIFICATE of COMPLETION
A document issued to a student in a noncredit course indicating that the student has successfully completed the course, for example, Real Estate License Examination Review.

C.E.U.
Continuing Education Unit is earned in courses offered through Corporate and Continuing Education.  This unit of credit cannot count toward college curriculum credit.

CFIT
College Facilities Implementation Team implements the details for new and changed uses of existing facilities; recommends broad uses for planned and future facilities; recommends needs for additional space; and communicates with individual project planning teams.

CHARLOTTE READS
A literacy initiative of Advantage Carolina focusing on Bright Beginnings, Family Literacy, Workplace Basic Skills, and Reach Out and Read programs.

CHARLOTTE RESOLVES II
An organization that explores opportunities for collaboration among the six largest governmental institutions in Charlotte-Mecklenburg.  Members include Carolinas HealthCare System, CPCC, Charlotte Housing Authority, CMS, City of Charlotte, and Mecklenburg County.  The purpose is to forge alliances while striving to serve their same customers-children, families, and adults who live in disadvantaged communities.

CHAT ROOM
An online service that allows people to carry on a real-time conversation by typing messages to each other at their computers.

CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER (CAO)
The person at the local college level who bears the primary responsibility for all areas of curriculum programming. At CPCC the CAO is the Vice President for Instruction.

CHRONICLE
The Chronicle of Higher Education is a professional publication for educators.  Most U.S. colleges, including CPCC, advertise full-time faculty and administrative positions in the weekly publication. For free highlights of community college news.

CITY VIEW CENTER
City View Center was the first of the learning centers established by the College in 1979 as a way to make education more accessible to the community. Originally in Freedom Mall, it was called College Mart and later the West Area Learning Center. In 1990, it was relocated to a storefront on Freedom Drive and in 1996, it was moved to Alleghany Street at Ashley Road and renamed City View Center.  It houses classrooms, computer labs, and TRIO programs.

CISCO
The name of the company that provides computer network training.  Cisco Certified Network Associate teaches entry-level IT employees cabling, and networking using CISCO routers and equipment.  Cisco Certified Network Professional is a higher-level certificate that can only be obtained after completing the entry-level course.

CLASSIFICATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS CODE (CIP CODES)
Nationally recognized codes to classify instructional programs for educational research and funding purposes.

CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES
Nonexempt employees who work a 40-hour week, documented by a monthly time re-cap sheet.  Nonexempt employees are prevented from working more than 40 hours per week with overtime compensation.

CLAUDIA WATKINS BELK BUILDING
The Claudia Watkins Belk Building Center for Justice on the North Campus is named for Judge Claudia Watkins Belk and houses the Public Safety Program.

CLEP
College Level Examination Program.  CPCC is a national test center for administering CLEP exams.

CLAYTOR
The Claytor Building on the North Campus is named for Charlotte attorney Bill Claytor, who served on the CPCC Board of Trustees from 1977-1993 and was chairman from 1984-1993.

CLICK
CPCC's Library Information Catalog for Knowledge (CLICK) is the library database of books, databases, journals, magazines, newspapers, e-resources, and other resources. The CLICK icon is a jester.

CMS
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.  The city of Charlotte and the county of Mecklenburg have a combined public school system with one school board elected by the registered voters.

COD
Course Origination Document is an online form used to generate a class offering.  The originator inputs all pertinent information that is needed for the Class Schedule.

COLLEAGUE
Colleague is the College’s management information system, a software package with enhancements and ancillary third-party products designed to interconnect the functions at the college level and to manage processes that are shared by the colleges and the System Office. Sometimes employees refer to it as Datatel. The first component of the system for financials was followed by one for human resources. In 2006, the student component was deployed. Colleague is a product of Datatel. From the Datatel website:

Colleague includes four integrated systems – the Student,Financial, Human Resource, and Institutional Advancement Systems – which provide an enterprise-wide solution. The Core System is at the center of Colleague’s integration, providing a central location for information, workflow development, and processing rules used throughout Colleague.

WebAdvisor, Datatel’s Web solution, also uses the Colleague business rules. While each of Colleague’s specialized systems can operate in a stand-alone environment, the integration of several or all of the systems provides Clients with the capability to share information campus-wide.

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
The process of planning and building a useful and coherent collection of library materials over a period of years, based on assessment of the needs of the library’s clientele and analysis of previous usage, and normally constrained by budget allocations for new materials.

COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
Four brick buildings between Third and Fourth Streets that house most college administrative offices. Formerly called Colony Court.

COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
This program allows high school seniors to come to CPCC to take pre-approved courses. In most cases, high school students are dismissed from their last period class in order to come to the College. Books are paid for by CPCC. High school students are not charged tuition

COLLEGE INFORMATION SYSTEM (CIS)
A two-part system to interconnect all facets of NCCCS records – commonly differentiated as Colleague and Data Warehouse.

COLLEGE TRANSFER PROGRAMS
The programs intended for transfer to senior institutions including the Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Fine Arts.

COLLEGE VISITATION DAY
Usually held annually in November when representatives from many four-year colleges and universities and representatives of the armed services are available to CPCC students to provide information.

COMBINED COURSE LIBRARY (CCL)
The set of statewide uniform courses from which North Carolina community colleges must choose their curriculum course offerings. The Combined Course Library contains all approved courses of the North Carolina Community College System.  A college cannot offer unapproved courses.  Colleges are not allowed to alter course titles, contact hours, credit hours, or course descriptions (except they may add a fourth sentence to provide local information).  A college may request that a new course be added to the CCL. Combined Course Library is a catalog of all courses that may be taught in North Carolina community colleges.  There is a procedure for requesting additions or changes to the CCL.  A course that is in the CCL does not make it automatically eligible to be in the CPCC catalog.  CPCC courses must also be approved by the Curriculum Committee of the College Senate. For more information, visit the NCCCS website.

COMMON CORE COURSES
Those courses that have been identified as part of a guaranteed transfer articulation with the University of North Carolina system. See Comprehensive Articulation Agreement.

COMMON COURSE LIBRARY (CCL)
See Combined Course Library.

COMPENSATORY EDUCATION
This program provides classes for students who have special learning needs due to a developmental disability or traumatic brain injury. The primary emphasis is on the basic life skills needed for successful employment and independent living.

COMPETENCY TESTING
A test that assesses a test taker’s level of knowledge or skill in some defined domain.

COMPREHENSIVE ARTICULATION AGREEMENT (CAA)
An agreement between the North Carolina Community College System and public and private universities to facilitate transfer between community colleges and 4-year universities. The Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA) addresses the transfer of credits between institutions in the North Carolina Community College System and from that system to constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina. It does not address admission to an institution nor to a specific major within an institution. The CAA applies to all North Carolina community colleges and all constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina. The CAA enables North Carolina community college graduates of two-year associate in arts and associate in science degree programs who are admitted to constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina to transfer with junior status. For more information, visit the CAA website.

COMPRESSED DEGREE
An intense, two-year evening program designed to offer the Associate in Arts degree in compressed form (8-week classes).

CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT
Enrollment of high school students in regular college courses, usually located on the community college campus. With permission from the high school, a high school student may take a course(s) at CPCC while concurrently still a high school student. More.

CONTACT HOURS
Actual number of hours of a class or the actual number of hours a student spends on an activity.

CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
A content management system (CMS) is a computer software system for organizing and facilitating collaborative creation of World Wide Web documents. An example is Plone, which the College has adopted for its Internet presence.

CONTINUING EDUCATION
A part of the lifelong learning mission of NCCCS, these programs provide opportunities for specific job training or retraining, basic skills education and improved use of leisure time.

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT (C.E.U.)
A unit of credit toward specific certification awarded for continuing education courses in collaboration with the certifying agency.

COOPERATIVE EDUCATION (CO-OP)
Cooperative Education is an academic program that integrates classroom studies with practical experience in business, industry, public and community agency work situations. The Co-Op experience is concurrent with or in alternation with academic studies, may be paid or unpaid, and awards students academic credit.

CORPORATE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION (CCE)
A division of CPCC that offers continuing education and extension courses for local businesses, for upgrading skills, or for personal enrichment. These courses have 7000-8000 numbers; some offer C.E.U.’s. CCE offers most of the College's noncredit courses and programs.  Most offices are located at West Campus, where Mary Vickers-Koch is the dean.  However, there are noncredit courses and programs in other instructional groups, supervised by other deans.

COREQUISITE
A course that must be taken during the same term as the course that required the corequisite.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
A brief description of what is taught in the course and what the student should be able to do upon completion. Classroom hours, laboratory hours, clinic or co-op hours, credits earned, and prerequisite/corequisite (if needed) are listed.

COURSE PREFIX
Three letters preceding a course number. The course prefix is usually an abbreviation of the type of course; i.e., RED for a reading course.

CP LEADS
A professional development institute at CPCC to help shape future College leaders. CP Leads is usually a 35-hour program reviewing administrative and leadership skills. It is usually offered twice a year, by invitation only. Diann Back coordinates this program.

CREDIT
The number of units earned upon completing a curriculum course, measured in semester hours.

CREDIT BY EXAMINATION
A written, oral , or performance examination by an instructor to test special aptitude or knowledge of course material in lieu of taking the course. Students who score satisfactorily are given a grade of X. The grade carries no quality points, but credit hours are given identical to the number normally assigned to that course.

CROSSWALK
Matching courses offered under the old quarter system (prior to 1997) with courses offered under the current semester system in order to document student credit hours.

CURRICULUM (also called a Program)
A set of courses designed to prepare a student either to enter the workforce immediately upon completion or to transfer to a degree program at a four-year college or university. Depending upon the length of the program, a degree, diploma, or certificate is awarded upon completion.

CURRICULUM CERTIFICATE
Curriculum certificate programs are curriculum programs of study that are 12 - 18 credit hours in length and are offered under a state-approved certificate, degree, or diploma program. The certificates are awarded by the Graduation Office and they are noted on a student's transcript. If a certificate meets all financial aid requirements, then a student enrolled in that program may receive financial aid for their coursework.

A student may earn certificates that build to earning a diploma or degree. A student may earn a certificate(s) in the same semester that he or she earns a degree or diploma if the following conditions have been fulfilled:

1. Official copies of all high school and college transcripts are in the student’s folder at CPCC (when this is a certificate requirement).

2. Completion of required courses in the student’s program of study.

3. The final thirty percent (30%) of credits earned must be from CPCC.

4. A cumulative CPA of 2.0 or higher. (see p. 86 2003-04 catalog)

CURRICULUM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (CIP)
A two-year project with state-wide representation to assess the current employer needs for a particular program area and revise courses and curriculum standards as required to meet the employer needs.

CURRICULUM REVIEW COMMITTEE
A committee of academic officers and presidents that serves as an arm of the State Board of Community Colleges, with the specific purpose of maintaining the curriculum courses in the Combined Course Library. This committee is charged with the responsibility of keeping the curriculum courses in the Combined Course Library current while guarding against proliferation of course duplications. Also the name of a standing committee of the CPCC College Senate that reviews all new courses and programs and modifications to existing ones. Recommendations are forwarded to the Vice-President for Instruction.

CURRICULUM STANDARD
A standard for each degree or diploma curriculum program. Curriculum standards are prepared at the state level and dictate a description of the program, required courses, number of hours for completion, etc. All N.C. community colleges that offer a particular degree or diploma program must abide by the same curriculum standard. See the NCCCS web pages.

CURRICULUM COURSE/CREDIT
All courses that carry college credit are curriculum courses. These courses are identified with a three-digit number beginning with a 0, 1, or 2.