Many terms and jargon used daily in the program are unique and not clear to the newcomer. To aid in communication we have created a glossary that is part of the orientation materials provided to in-coming students.

A-B-C
Action Research
Assessment Process
Assessment Contract
Assessment Seminar
Assessor
Associate Dean
Administrative Reader
Alta Vista
Annual Contract Review
Applied portion of the Assessment
Concept Paper
Comprehensive Assessment
Committee Meetings
Clusters
Cluster Connect Persons
Cultures of Inquiry
Consulting Faculty

D-E-F
Dissertation Committee
Dissertation Chair
Dissertation Process
Dissertation Proposal
Dean
External Examiner
Epistemology
Ethnography
Faculty Readers (see Assessors)
Feedback
Final Oral Review
FELIX
FELIX Seminar

G-H-I
Group Assessment
Graduation
Hermeneutics
HOS
HD
HOD
Habermas
In-Depth portion of the Assessment
Internship

J-K-L
KA1
Knowledge Index
Knowledge Areas (KA's)
Learning Plan Agreement

M-N-O
Mentor
News And Goods National Sessions (January, July)
Ontology (see phenomenology and epistemology)
Overview portion of the Assessment

P-Q-R
Phenomenology
Portfolio Review
Post-Modern
Proposal
Please Ask
Praxis
Professional Consultant
Professional Specialty
Reflective Practice
Research Sessions (April, October)
Research A, B, C

S-T-U
Scholar-Practitioner
Student Anchors
Study Guides
Student Manual
Student-Led Events
Satisfactory Academic Progress
Systems
Track A, B, C (Research Session components of Research A, B, C)
Training

V-W-X-Y-Z
Virtual Cluster
Work