Terms and Acronyms

Dual Enrollment refers to a high school student who also is enrolled at GGC.

An electronic version of a book that can be read on a computer or handheld device. E-books can be discovered via GIL-Find, the library catalog, and the databases.

An online tutoring service offered by Pearson Education which students can access via their D2L homepage.

Entrance Counseling. An exercise to help students understand consequences of accepting loans and repayment options. Exercises include determining monthly budgets with a common expense including loan repayment. It must be completed by the student and/or parent if either party wants the loan(s) to be issued.

The experiential learning and critical thinking (EXACT) plan engages students in experiential learning across all degree programs and all curriculum levels (1000- to 4000-level courses).

EXACT courses include the following activity stages.

Experience: have experiences.
Reflection: review and reflect on experiences.
Abstract conceptualization: analyze what you’ve learned and how it can be applied.
Experimentation: try out what you’ve learned.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid. This is a financial aid form that a student completes to apply for federal and state aid. Deadlines and instructions can be found at the GGC financial aid webpage or FAFSA website.