Glossary of Policy Terms

Policy:
All Board, State, Federal, and College policies. Policy a course or principle of action adopted by COCC; has widespread application; changes less frequently; answers major operational issues; can be legislative in nature; manages actions. Represents the what in terms of what principles or governing actions COCC adopts. A policy is typically an umbrella for a set of procedures to support the policy. Example policy; Nondiscrimination policy (establishes the Colleges position related to nondiscrimination).

Procedure:
Any procedure, practice, guideline, identified at the College. Procedure an established or official way of doing something; has narrow application; prone to change; often stated in details can be judicial in nature; a sequence of steps or activities. Represents the how in terms of how COCC executes daily operations. A procedure typically supports a policy and provides guidelines for individual actions. Example procedure: New Business Cards procedures (establishes how you order new business cards).

Academic Program:
Any institutionally established combination of courses and/or requirements leading to a degree or certificate.

Academic Focus:
An area of concentration within the program (e.g. Psychology or Geology).

Direct Service Fees:
The fee is directed to a specific service or tangible good and fee revenues are returned directly to the department coordinating the service.

Indirect Service Fees:
The fee is dedicated to a specific service, but is applied to the College's general fund as a means of covering a portion of the cost.

Governance:
Governance, with a big G, is the Central Oregon Community College Board of Directors.

governance:
There are four governance, with a little g, committees; College Affairs, Institutional Support, Student Affairs, and Academic Affairs.

Registration:
Refers to initial registration in one or more classes for a given term.

Task Force:
A temporary group of people formed to accomplish a specific task or activity. It has a well-defined charge and reports back to the creating individual, agency, or committee.

Work Group:
A group formed to investigate/research on a specific project or task sometimes as a subgroup of a committee or a specific group of people reporting to an individual or committee.